French destroyer Fleuret

For the earlier destroyer, see French destroyer Fleuret (1907).
Sister ship Le Hardi at anchor
History
France
Name: Fleuret
Namesake: Rapier
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Laid down: 18 August 1936
Launched: 28 July 1938
Commissioned: 10 May 1940
Renamed: Foudroyant, 1 April 1941
Captured: 27 November 1942
Fate: Scuttled, 27 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type: Le Hardi-class destroyer
Displacement:
Length: 117.2 m (384 ft 6 in) (o/a)
Beam: 11.1 m (36 ft 5 in)
Draught: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range: 3,100 nautical miles (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 187 officers and enlisted men
Armament:

Fleuret was one of a dozen Le Hardi-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the late 1930s.

After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Fleuret served with the navy of Vichy France. She was renamed Foudroyant on 1 April 1941 to commemorate a destroyer of that name sunk by the Germans on 1 June 1940 during the Battle of France.

Foudroyant was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.

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