French destroyer Frondeur
{{short description|Destroyer of the French Navy}}
{{Other ships|French ship Frondeur}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= French destroyer Frondeur underway in the 1930s.jpg |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=France |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|France|naval}} |Ship name=Frondeur |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered=21 April 1927 |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Chantiers Navals Français, Caen |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=9 November 1927 |Ship launched=20 June 1929 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=20 October 1931 |Ship commissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship struck= |Ship fate= Sunk during the Naval Battle of Casablanca, 8 November 1942 |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=L'Adroit-class destroyer |Ship displacement=*{{cvt|1380|t|LT|lk=on}} (standard) |Ship length= {{convert|107.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|9.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|3.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship power=*3 du Temple boilers
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |Ship speed= {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}} |Ship crew=9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime) |Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}} |Ship armament=*4 × single Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1924
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The French destroyer Frondeur was one of 14 {{sclass|L'Adroit|destroyer}}s built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
Design and description
The L'Adroit class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the preceding Bourrasque class. The ships had an overall length of {{convert|107.2|m|ftin|sp=us}}, a beam of {{convert|9.9|m|ftin|sp=us}}, and a draft of {{convert|3.5|m|ftin|sp=us}}. The ships displaced {{convert|1380|t|LT|sp=us|lk=on}} at standard load and {{convert|2000|t|LT|sp=us}} at deep load. Fougueux was powered by two Zoelly-Schneider geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by three du Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce {{convert|31000|PS|kW shp|lk=on|sp=us|0}}, which would propel the ships at {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried {{convert|386|t|LT|0|sp=us}} of fuel oil which gave them a range of {{convert|3000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}. The crew numbered 8 officers and 134 crewmen in peacetime and 9 officers and 153 crewmen during wartime.Jordan & Moulin, pp. 62, 66
The main armament of the L'Adroit-class ships consisted of four Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1924 guns in single mounts, one superfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their anti-aircraft armament consisted of a pair of Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925 guns, one mount on each broadside abreast the rear superstructure. For defense against strafing aircraft the ships were equipped with a pair of mounts for two or four {{convert|8|mm|in|adj=on|sp=us|3}} Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine guns abreast the bridge. The ships carried two above-water triple sets of {{convert|550|mm|in|adj=on|sp=us|1}} torpedo tubes. A pair of depth charge chutes were built into their stern; these housed a total of sixteen {{convert|200|kg|sp=us|adj=on}} depth charges. In addition two Thornycroft depth-charge throwers were fitted at the end of the forecastle for which six {{convert|100|kg|sp=us|adj=on}} depth charges were carried.Jordan & Moulin, pp. 62–66
Construction and career
Frondeur was laid down on 9 November 1927, launched on 20 June 1929 and completed on 20 October 1931.
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Frondeur served with the naval force of Vichy France. She was at Casablanca, French Morocco, when Allied forces invaded French North Africa in Operation Torch in November 1942. Resisting the invasion, she was sunk by gunfire from the American cruiser USS Brooklyn off Casablanca during the Naval Battle of Casablanca.{{cite web |url= http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/6021.html |title=FR Frondeur of the French Navy |publisher=Uboat |access-date=9 November 2013}}{{Cite web |last=assauxmarins-communication |title=NOVEMBRE 1942 -OPERATION TORCH- DRAME POUR LA MARINE - Le blog de l'association Aux Marins |url=http://www.amedenosmarins.fr/article-novembre-1942-operation-torch-drame-pour-la-marine-113131686.html |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Le blog de l'association Aux Marins |language=fr}}
Notes
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References
- {{cite book |last1=Jordan|first1=John|last2=Dumas|first2=Robert|title=French Battleships: 1922–1956|year=2009|location=Annapolis, Maryland|publisher=Naval Institute Press |isbn=978-1-59114-416-8|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book|last1=Jordan|first1=John|last2=Moulin|first2=Jean|title=French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956|year=2015|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-198-4 |name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |last1=O'Hara |first1=Vincent P. |title=Torch: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory |date=2015 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |isbn=978-1-61251-922-7}}
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger |publisher=Mayflower Books|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-8317-0303-2 |chapter=France |last1=Roberts |first1=John|pages=255–279}}
- {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2|author-link=Jürgen Rohwer}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland|author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}
{{L'Adroit class destroyer}}
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Category:L'Adroit-class destroyers
Category:World War II destroyers of France