La Melpomène-class torpedo boat

Class overview
Name	La Melpomène class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Mistral class
Succeeded by	Le Fier class
Completed	12
Lost	6
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	610 tons standard, 834 tons full load
Length	80.7 m (264 ft 9 in) o.a.
Beam	7.96 m (26 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.07 m (10 ft 1 in)
Installed power	2 boilers; 22,000 shp (16,000 kW);
Propulsion	Geared turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	34.5 knots (63.9 km/h; 39.7 mph)
Complement	5/8 officers, 94 men
Armament	2 × 100 mm (3.9 in)/40 caliber guns; 2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns; 2 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machine guns; 2 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes (1 x 2);

The La Melpomène class was a group of 12 French torpedo boats built from 1933 to 1935.

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