Le Fantasque-class destroyer

	Le Fantasque, on trials after re-fitting, in Casco Bay, Maine, on 13 June 1943.
Class overview
Name	Le Fantasque class
Operators	French Navy; Free French Naval Forces;
Preceded by	Vauquelin class
Succeeded by	Mogador class
Completed	6
Lost	2
Retired	4
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,569 t (2,528 long tons) (standard); 3,417 t (3,363 long tons) (deep load);
Length	132.4 m (434 ft 5 in)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers; 74,000 PS (54,000 kW; 73,000 shp);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) (designed)
Range	2,900 nmi (5,400 km; 3,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	11 officers, 254 sailors (wartime)
Armament	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns; 2 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) AA guns; 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns; 3 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × chutes for 28 depth charges; 40 × mines;

The Le Fantasque class of six large, very fast destroyers was ordered under the French naval programme of 1930. They served in World War II for both Vichy France and the Free French Forces.

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