French destroyer Tartu
Half-sister Milan at anchor | |
History | |
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Name: | Tartu |
Namesake: | Jean-François Tartu |
Builder: | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire |
Launched: | 7 December 1931 |
Completed: | 31 December 1932 |
Fate: | Scuttled, 27 November 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Vauquelin-class destroyer |
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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) |
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Propulsion: |
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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) |
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Tartu was one of six Vauquelin-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s.
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Tartu 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.
- 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.
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