French destroyer Lansquenet

Sister ship Le Hardi at anchor
History
France
Name: Lansquenet
Namesake: Landsknecht
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux
Laid down: 17 December 1936
Launched: 20 May 1939
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:

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

Notes

    References

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