French destroyer Cassard (1933)

Half-sister Milan at anchor
History
France
Name:	Cassard
Namesake:	Jacques Cassard
Fate:	Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Vauquelin-class destroyer
Displacement:	2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) 3,120 t (3,070 long tons) (full load)
Length:	129.3 m (424 ft 2.6 in)
Beam:	11.8 m (38 ft 8.6 in)
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 5.2 in)
Installed power:	64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp) 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew:	12 officers, 220 crewmen (wartime)
Armament:	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.5 in) anti-aircraft machineguns 1 × triple, 2 × twin 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 chutes for 16 depth charges 40 mines

The French destroyer Cassard was one of six Vauquelin-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s.

Service

On 14 June 1940, Cassard took part in a sortie by the French 3rd Squadron against Italian ports. The 1st Cruiser Division consisting of the cruisers Algérie and Foch, together with the destroyers Cassard, Lion, Vauban, Aigle, Tartu and Le Chevalier Paul, shelled Vado Ligure, while the 2nd Cruiser Division (Colbert, Dupleix plus escorting destroyers) attacked Genoa.^[1]

After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Aigle served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.

Notes

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 & Hümmelchen, Gerhard (1992). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-117-7. 
• Saibène, Marc (n.d.). Toulon et la Marine 1942-1944. Bourg en Bresse: Marines Editions at Realisations. 
• Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1. 

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in November 1942
Shipwrecks	2 Nov: Empire Antelope, Empire Leopard 4 Nov: Hobbema, U-132 5 Nov: U-408 6 Nov: City of Cairo 7 Nov: Eveleen, Ha-11, USS Majaba 8 Nov: Albatros, Brestois, Boulonnais, Fougueux, Frondeur, HMS Hartland, Milan, Primauguet, Surprise, Tornade, Tramontane, HMS Walney, West Humhaw 9 Nov: HMS Cromer, USS Leedstown, Typhon 10 Nov: HMS Broke, I-15, HMS Ibis, Jean Bart, HMS Martin, Méduse 11 Nov: USS Joseph Hewes, HMS Unbeaten, Viceroy of India 12 Nov: USS Edward Rutledge, USS Erie, USS Hugh L. Scott, USS Tasker H. Bliss, HMS Tynwald, U-272, U-660 13 Nov: Akatsuki, USS Atlanta, USS Barton, USS Cushing, Empire Wold, HNLMS Isaac Sweers, USS Juneau, Kinugasa, USS Laffey, USS Monssen, U-411, Yūdachi 14 Nov: Hiei, Scillin, U-595, U-605 15 Nov: HMS Algerine, HMS Avenger, Ayanami, USS Benham, Kirishima, USS Preston, U-98, U-259, USS Walke 16 Nov: Irish Pine, U-173 17 Nov: U-331 18 Nov: Krasnoye Znamya, Tower Grange 19 Nov: USS YP-26 20 Nov: Prins Harald 21 Nov: U-517 24 Nov: Hayashio 25 Nov: HMS Utmost 27 Nov: Aigle, Algérie, Bordelais, Casque, Cassard, Colbert, Commandant Teste, D'Iberville, Dunkerque, Dupleix, Foch, Foudroyant, Gerfaut, Guépard, Jean de Vienne, Kersaint, La Galissonnière, Lion, Lynx, Mameluk, Marseillaise, Mogador, Panthère, Provence, Siroco, Strasbourg, Tartu, Tigre, Trombe, Valmy, Vauban, Vauquelin, Vautour, Vénus, Verdun 28 Nov: Empire Cromwell, HMS Ithuriel, Nova Scotia, Thomas T. Tucker 29 Nov: Dunedin Star 30 Nov: USS Northampton, HMCS Quinte, Takanami, Thor, Uckermark Unknown date: La Sibylle, Saint Edmond, U-184
Other incidents	7 Nov: USS Thomas Stone 8 Nov: HMS Broke, USS Leedstown 9 Nov: Wandle 14 Nov: USS Electra 15 Nov: HMCS Saguenay 16 Nov: USS Electra 17 Nov: Piemonte 20 Nov: HMS Bramham 27 Nov: Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon 28 Nov: USS Alchiba 29 Nov: Akka
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