French destroyer Cassard (1933)
Half-sister Milan at anchor
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| Name: | Cassard |
| Namesake: | Jacques Cassard |
| Fate: | Scuttled, 27 November 1942 |
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| Class & 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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| 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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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]
Notes
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- ↑ Rohwer & Hümmelchen 1992, p. 24.
