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

French destroyer Tigre

Chacal-class destroyer

French destroyer Tigre
Unknown author — National Library of Poland — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Tytuł : Marine Militaire Française : Contre-Torpilleur Tigre. Adres wydawniczy : [Miejsce nieznane : wydawca nieznany, przed 1940] ([miejsce nieznane : drukarz nieznany]) Gatunek : pocztówka Forma i typ : pocztówki Opis fizyczny : [1] karta : ilustracja ; 9x14 cm Tytuł z nadruku na awersie. Rok wydania nadany przez katalogującego. Na awersie oznaczenie: 7.

Service

  1. Marine Nationale as Tigre7 February 1926 — July 1940331 days of the war
  2. Regia Marina as FR2319 January 1943 — 28 October 1943282 days of the war
  3. Marine Nationale as Tigre28 October 1943 — 4 January 1954675 days of the war
Chacal-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Tigre
Namesake
Tiger
Builder
Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes
Ordered
26 February 1923
Laid down
18 September 1923
Launched
2 August 1924
Commissioned
19 January 1943
Recommissioned
15 December 1943
Struck
4 January 1954
Fate
Scrapped, 1955 (1955)
Status
Scrapped

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)

Tigre was a Chacal-class destroyer built for the Marine Nationale. The ship was named after Tiger. Her keel was laid at Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes on 18 September 1923. Launched on 2 August 1924, she entered service on 19 January 1943.

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 Tigre until July 1940. She then passed to the Regia Marina, serving as FR23 from 19 January 1943. She then passed to the Marine Nationale, serving as Tigre from 28 October 1943. She was in commission for 1,288 days of the Second World War. She recommissioned on 15 December 1943. She was struck from the register on 4 January 1954.

She was broken up for scrap in 1955.

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

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