French destroyer Verdun

History
Sister ship Guépard at anchor
France
Name:	Verdun
Namesake:	Battle of Verdun
Fate:	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type:	Guépard-class destroyer
Displacement:	2,436 t (2,398 long tons) (standard) 3,220 t (3,170 long tons) (full load)
Length:	130.2 m (427 ft 2.0 in)
Beam:	11.5 m (37 ft 8.8 in)
Draft:	4.3 m (14 ft 1.3 in)
Installed power:	64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp) 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed:	35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph)
Crew:	12 officers, 224 crewmen (wartime)
Armament:	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes; 4 throwers for 28 depth charges

Verdun was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.

After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Verdun 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

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.
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.

Guépard-class destroyers

French Navy	Guépard Valmy Verdun Bison Lion Vauban

Regia Marina	FR 21 (ex-Lion) FR 24 (ex-Valmy)

Preceded by: Chacal class Followed by: Aigle class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1942

Shipwrecks	2 Nov: Empire Antelope, Empire Leopard 4 Nov: Hobbema, U-132 5 Nov: U-408 6 Nov: City of Cairo 7 Nov: Eveleen, Ha-11, USS Majaba 8 Nov: Albatros, Brestois, Boulonnais, Fougueux, Frondeur, HMS Hartland, Milan, Primauguet, Surprise, Tornade, Tramontane, HMS Walney, West Humhaw 9 Nov: HMS Cromer, USS Leedstown, Typhon 10 Nov: HMS Broke, I-15, HMS Ibis, Jean Bart, HMS Martin, Méduse 11 Nov: USS Joseph Hewes, HMS Unbeaten, Viceroy of India 12 Nov: USS Edward Rutledge, USS Erie, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton, USS Cushing, Empire Wold, HNLMS Isaac Sweers, USS Juneau, Kinugasa, USS Laffey, USS Monssen, U-411, Yūdachi 14 Nov: Hiei, Scillin, U-595, U-605 15 Nov: HMS Algerine, HMS Avenger, Ayanami, USS Benham, Kirishima, USS Preston, U-98, U-259, USS Walke 16 Nov: Irish Pine, U-173 17 Nov: U-331 18 Nov: Krasnoye Znamya, Tower Grange 19 Nov: USS YP-26 20 Nov: Prins Harald 21 Nov: U-517 24 Nov: Hayashio 25 Nov: HMS Utmost 27 Nov: Aigle, Algérie, Bordelais, Casque, Cassard, Colbert, Commandant Teste, D'Iberville, Dunkerque, Dupleix, Foch, Foudroyant, Gerfaut, Guépard, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, La Galissonnière, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador, Panthère, Provence, Siroco, Strasbourg, Tartu, Tigre, Trombe, Valmy, Vauban, Vauquelin, Vautour, Vénus, Verdun 28 Nov: Empire Cromwell, HMS Ithuriel, Nova Scotia, Thomas T. Tucker 29 Nov: Dunedin Star 30 Nov: USS Northampton, HMCS Quinte, Takanami, Thor, Uckermark Unknown date: La Sibylle, Saint Edmond, U-184

Other incidents	7 Nov: USS Thomas Stone 8 Nov: HMS Broke, USS Leedstown 9 Nov: Wandle 14 Nov: USS Electra 15 Nov: HMCS Saguenay 16 Nov: USS Electra 17 Nov: Piemonte 20 Nov: HMS Bramham 27 Nov: Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon 28 Nov: USS Alchiba 29 Nov: Akka

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