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Destroyer of the French Navy For other ships with the same name, see French ship Orage.

Sister ship Ouragan underway before 1942
History
France
NameOrage
NamesakeThunderstorm
Ordered13 March 1923
BuilderChantiers Navals Français, Caen
Laid down20 August 1923
Launched30 August 1924
Completed1 October 1926
Commissioned1 September 1926
In service19 January 1927
FateSunk 23 May 1940
General characteristics
Class and typeBourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard)
  • 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load)
Length105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Beam9.7 m (31 ft 9.9 in)
Draft3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament

Orage was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. The ship was sunk in 1940.

Design and description

The Bourrasque class had an overall length of 105.6 meters (346 ft 5 in), a beam of 9.7 meters (31 ft 10 in), and a draft of 3.5 meters (11 ft 6 in). The ships displaced 1,320 metric tons (1,300 long tons) at (standard) load and 1,825 metric tons (1,796 long tons) at deep load. They were powered by two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three du Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 31,000 metric horsepower (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp), which would propel the ship at 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

The main armament of the Bourrasque-class ships consisted of four Canon de 130 mm (5.1 in) Modèle 1919 guns in shielded single mounts, one superfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their anti-aircraft (AA) armament consisted of a single Canon de 75 mm (3 in) Modèle 1924 gun. The ships carried two triple mounts of 550-millimeter (21.7 in) torpedo tubes amidships. A pair of depth charge chutes were built into their stern that housed a total of sixteen 200-kilogram (440 lb) depth charges.

Notes

  1. ^ Jordan & Moulin, p. 41

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 (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
  • Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
Bourrasque-class destroyers
 French Navy
 Kriegsmarine
  • ZF4 (ex-Cyclone)
 Regia Marina
 Polish Navy
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1940
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