Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Marine Nationale — Destroyer

French destroyer Ouragan

Bourrasque-class destroyer

French destroyer Ouragan
Unknown author — ONI203 booklet for identification of ships of the French Navy, published by the Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States (9 November 1942 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The French destroyer Ouragan , ONI203 booklet for identification of ships of the French Navy, published by the Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States (9 November 1942).

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Ouragan15 September 1927 — 3 July 1940306 days of the war
  2. Polish Navy as Ouragan17 July 1940 — 30 April 1941285 days of the war
  3. Marine Nationale as Ouragan30 April 1941 — 1943974 days of the war
Bourrasque-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Ouragan
Namesake
Hurricane
Builder
Chantiers Navals Français, Caen
Ordered
13 March 1923
Laid down
7 September 1923
Launched
6 December 1924
Commissioned
17 July 1940
Decommissioned
3 July 1940
Fate
Scrapped, 1949 (1949)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,299 long tons (1,320 t)
Displacement, full load
1,796 long tons (1,825 t)
Length
105.6 m (346.5 ft)
Beam
9.7 m (31.8 ft)
Draught
3.5 m (11.5 ft)
Speed
33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
Range
3,000 nmi (5,556 km)
Main gun
130 mm (5.1 in)

Ouragan was a Bourrasque-class destroyer in service with the Marine Nationale. She was named for Hurricane. Her keel was laid at Chantiers Navals Français, Caen on 7 September 1923. Launched on 6 December 1924, she entered service on 17 July 1940.

She was the only ship of her class. The class followed the French destroyer Enseigne Gabolde and was succeeded by the Adroit-class destroyer.

Displacement was 1,299 long tons standard and 1,796 long tons at full load. She measured 105.6 m (346 ft) long with a beam of 9.7 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots.

Her main battery was four 130 mm (5.1 in) guns.

She served with the Marine Nationale as Ouragan until 3 July 1940. She then passed to the Polish Navy, serving as Ouragan from 17 July 1940. She then passed to the Marine Nationale, serving as Ouragan from 30 April 1941. She was in commission for 1,565 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 3 July 1940.

She was broken up for scrap in 1949.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2 geared steam turbines
Power
  • 31000 PS
  • 3 du Temple boilers
Armament
  • 4 × single 130 mm guns
  • 1 × single 75 mm anti-aircraft guns
  • 2 × triple 550 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 chutes for 16 depth charges

Sources

  • Facts harvested from French destroyer Ouragan on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — ONI203 booklet for identification of ships of the French Navy, published by the Division of Naval Inteligence of the Navy Department of the United States (9 November 1942 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons