French destroyer Cassard (1933)

Half-sister Milan at anchor
History
France
Name:	Cassard
Namesake:	Jacques Cassard
Fate:	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Vauquelin-class destroyer
Displacement:	2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) 3,120 t (3,070 long tons) (full load)
Length:	129.3 m (424 ft 2.6 in)
Beam:	11.8 m (38 ft 8.6 in)
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 5.2 in)
Installed power:	64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp) 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew:	12 officers, 220 crewmen (wartime)
Armament:	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.5 in) anti-aircraft machineguns 1 × triple, 2 × twin 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes for 16 depth charges 40 mines

The French destroyer Cassard was one of six Vauquelin-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s.

Service

On 14 June 1940, Cassard took part in a sortie by the French 3rd Squadron against Italian ports. The 1st Cruiser Division consisting of the cruisers Algérie and Foch, together with the destroyers Cassard, Lion, Vauban, Aigle, Tartu and Le Chevalier Paul, shelled Vado Ligure, while the 2nd Cruiser Division (Colbert, Dupleix plus escorting destroyers) attacked Genoa.^[1]

After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Aigle served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.

Notes

1. Rohwer & Hümmelchen 1992, p. 24.

References

• Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
• Jordan, John & Moulin, Jean (2015). French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4.
• Rohwer, Jürgen & Hümmelchen, Gerhard (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-117-7.
• Saibène, Marc (n.d.). Toulon et la Marine 1942-1944. Bourg en Bresse: Marines Editions at Realisations.
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.