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Class of destroyers built for French navy
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Class overview
Builders
Operators French Navy
Preceded byT 47 class
Succeeded byAconit
Subclasses
  • T 56 class
  • Anti-submarine and anti-air variants after refit
In commission1957–1992
Completed6
Retired6
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 2,750 long tons (2,794 t) standard
  • 3,740 long tons (3,800 t) full load
Length128.6 m (421 ft 11 in)
Beam12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
Draught5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Propulsion4 boilers, Geared turbines, 63,000 hp (46,979 kW), 2 shafts
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
  • 347:
  • 19 officers
  • 328 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
  • DRBV31 surface sentry and navigation radar
  • 2 DRBC30 fire control radars
  • DRBI10B altimetry radar
  • DRBV22A combined sentry radar
  • DUBV 1B sonar
  • DUBA 1B sonar
Armament

The T 53 class were the second group of destroyers built for the French Navy after World War II. These ships were a modified version of the T 47-class destroyers. The main difference with the preceding ships was the provision of improved air warning and tracking radars as well as an anti-submarine mortar. The ships were built between 1957 and 1958 and were decommissioned in the late 1970s or early 1980s. A single modified ship La Galissonnière was built as a trials ship for a new generation of French weapons. This ship was designated as the T 56 class.

Modifications

In 1972–73 two of the class were substantially modified:

  • Duperré was completely rearmed with a Model 1968 100 mm (4 in) main gun, four Exocet MM38 missiles, two quadruple L5 torpedo launchers, and two 20 mm AA cannon. She was also fitted with a helipad to carry a Lynx WG13 helicopter.
  • Forbin had her forward 57 mm turret removed, and her aft 127 mm turret was replaced by a helipad. She was then principally used as a naval aviation training ship alongside the helicopter cruiser Jeanne d'Arc.

La Galissonnière

La Galissonnière differed slightly in specification from the rest of the class as she was built specifically to test the Malafon anti-submarine missile.

  • Length : 128 m (419 ft 11 in)
  • Beam : 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
  • Draught : 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
  • Complement: 272
  • 2 × Model 1953 100 mm (4 in) guns (2×1)
  • 1 × Malafon anti-submarine missile launcher (13 missiles)
  • 6 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes (2×3)
  • 1 × quadruple 305 mm (12 in) anti-submarine mortar
  • 2 × 20 mm AA cannon
  • 1 × Alouette II or Alouette III helicopter
La Galissonnière in 1983.

Ships

Pennant Name Named after Builder Commissioned Fate
D633 Duperré Guy-Victor Duperré Arsenal de Lorient 8 October 1957 Trials ship for Cormoran I sonar, 1967–71
Rearmed 1972
Decommissioned 1 June 1992.
As of 2012 at Landévennec awaiting demolition.
D634 La Bourdonnais Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais Arsenal de Brest 3 March 1958 Decommissioned July 1976
Sunk by an Exocet SM39 from the submarine Ouessant, May 1992
D635 Forbin Claude de Forbin Arsenal de Brest 1 February 1958 Converted to helicopter training ship, 1973
Decommissioned 1 June 1981
Sunk as a target off Brest, 17 May 1999
D636 Tartu Jean-François Tartu AC Bretagne 5 February 1958 Decommissioned December 1979
Sunk, 80 miles off Lorient, 9 December 1998
D637 Jauréguiberry Bernard Jauréguiberry FC de la Gironde 15 July 1958 Decommissioned 16 September 1977
Sunk by Exocet MM40 missile off the Île du Levant, 30 May 1986
D638 La Galissonnière Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière Arsenal de Lorient 11 July 1962 Decommissioned 20 April 1990
Scrapped in Ghent, Belgium in 2015.

See also

References

  1. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "Duperré : Caractéristiques principales". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  2. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "Forbin : Caractéristiques principales". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "La Galissonnière : Caractéristiques principales". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "Duperré". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  5. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "La Bourdonnais". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  6. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "Forbin". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  7. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "Tartu". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  8. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "Jauréguiberry". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  9. Roche, Jean-Michel (2012). "La Galissonnière". netmarine.net (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2013.

Bibliography

  • Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995
  • Jordan, John (2021). "T 53 Duperré". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2021. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. pp. 180–182. ISBN 978-1-4728-4779-9.

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