L'Adroit-class destroyer

	A L'Adroit-class destroyer (either Le Fortuné or Le Mars)
Class overview
Name	L'Adroit class
Preceded by	Bourrasque class
Succeeded by	Le Hardi class
Subclasses	Forbin
Completed	14
Lost	9
Scrapped	5
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,378 tonnes (1,356 long tons) standard; 2,000 tonnes (2,000 long tons) full load;
Length	107.9 m (354 ft 0 in)
Beam	9.84 m (32 ft 3 in)
Draught	4.3 m (14 ft 1 in)
Installed power	34,000 shp (25,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, geared steam turbines; 3 boilers;
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	142
Armament	4 × 130 mm (5.1 in) guns; 2 × 37 mm (1.5 in); 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 6 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes;

The L'Adroit-class destroyer was a group of fourteen French Navy destroyers (torpilleur) laid down in 1925–26 and commissioned from 1928 to 1931. They were the successors to the Bourrasque class, with the same armament, but being slightly heavier overall.

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