French destroyer Panthère
Service
- as Panthère1 November 1926 — July 1940331 days of the war
- as FR 2219 January 1943 — 9 September 1943233 days of the war
- Name
- Panthère
- Namesake
- Panther
- Builder
- Arsenal de Lorient
- Ordered
- 18 April 1922
- Laid down
- 23 December 1923
- Launched
- 27 October 1924
- Commissioned
- 1 November 1926
- Decommissioned
- July 1940
- Fate
- Scuttled and later scrapped, 9 September 1943 (1943)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,092 long tons (2,126 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 3,026 long tons (3,075 t)
- Length
- 126.8 m (416 ft)
- Beam
- 11.1 m (36.4 ft)
- Draught
- 4.1 m (13.5 ft)
- Speed
- 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h, 40.9 mph)
- Range
- 3,000 nmi (5,556 km)
- Main gun
- 130 mm (5.1 in)
Panthère was a Chacal-class destroyer of the Marine Nationale. The ship was named after Panther. Arsenal de Lorient laid her keel on 23 December 1923. Launched on 27 October 1924, she entered service on 1 November 1926.
Her class ran to two ships. The Guépard-class destroyer followed.
She displaced 2,092 long tons standard and 3,026 long tons at full load. She measured 126.8 m (416 ft) long with a beam of 11.1 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 35.5 knots.
Her main battery was five 130 mm (5.1 in) guns.
She served with the Marine Nationale as Panthère until July 1940. She then passed to the Regia Marina, serving as FR 22 from 19 January 1943. She was in commission for 564 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in July 1940.
She was scuttled on 9 September 1943. The wreck survives.
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
- 50000 PS
- 5 du Temple boilers
- Armament
- 5 × single 130 mm guns
- 2 × single 75 mm anti-aircraft guns
- 2 × triple 550 mm torpedo tubes
- 2 chutes; four throwers for 46 depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from French destroyer Panthère on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Agence Rol — This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b53178803s — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons