Английская Википедия:French destroyer Casque (1938)

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The French destroyer Casque was one of a dozen Шаблон:Sclasss built for the French Navy during the late 1930s. The ship was completed during the Battle of France in mid-1940 only days before the French signed an armistice with the Germans. When the Germans occupied Vichy France after the Allies landed in French North Africa in November 1942 and tried to seize the French fleet intact, the destroyer was one of the ships scuttled to prevent their capture. The Шаблон:Lang (Royal Italian Navy) attempted to salvage her in 1943, but the effort was abandoned the following year. The ship was refloated in 1948 and scrapped.

Design and description

The Le Hardi class was designed to escort the fast battleships of the Шаблон:Sclass and to counter the large destroyers of the Italian Шаблон:Sclass2 and Japanese Шаблон:Sclasses.[1] The ships had an overall length of Шаблон:Convert, a beam of Шаблон:Convert,[2] and a draft of Шаблон:Convert. The ships displaced Шаблон:Convert at standard and Шаблон:Cvt at deep load. They were powered by two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four Sural-Penhöet forced-circulation boilers. The turbines were designed to produce Шаблон:Convert, which was intended to give the ships a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert. Le Hardi, the only ship of the class to run sea trials, comfortably exceeded that speed during her trials on 6 November 1939, reaching a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert from Шаблон:Convert. The ships carried Шаблон:Convert of fuel oil which gave them a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert. The crew consisted of 10 officers and 177 enlisted men.[3]

The main armament of the Le Hardi-class ships consisted of six [[Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1932 and 1935|Canon de Шаблон:Cvt Modèle 1932]] guns in three twin mounts, one forward and a superfiring pair aft of the superstructure. Their anti-aircraft (AA) armament consisted of one twin mount for [[Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925|Canon de Шаблон:Convert Modèle 1925]] guns on the aft superstructure and two twin Hotchkiss [[Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun|Шаблон:Convert]] AA machine gun mounts on the roof of the shell hoists for the forward 130 mm mount. The ships carried one triple and two twin sets of Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes; the aft mount could traverse to both sides, but the forward mounts were positioned one on each broadside. A pair of chutes were built into the stern that housed a dozen Шаблон:Convert depth charges.[4]

Modifications

In late 1941 or early 1942, the twin Hotchkiss machine guns were repositioned on the quarterdeck and a pair of single mounts for [[25 mm Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun|Шаблон:Convert]] Hotchkiss AA guns were installed in their place in front of the bridge. In addition a pair of single mounts for Browning 13.2-millimeter AA machine guns were added on platforms on the sides of the superfiring turret aft.[5]

Construction and career

Ordered on 4 May 1936, Casque was laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at their shipyard in La Seyne-sur-Mer on 30 November 1936. She was launched on 2 November 1938 and entered service on 20 June 1940. That day the ship steamed for Oran, French Algeria. After the British attacked French Navy ships in nearby Mers-el-Kébir on 3 July, Casque joined the other destroyers in Oran in leaving that day for a safer port, but she had to return to Oran because she had damaged her propeller while getting underway. After repairs, the ship rendezvoused with her sister Шаблон:Ship and they reached Toulon on 7 July, at which time she was immediately placed in reserve.[6] Amid high tensions with the United Kingdom, Casque and the destroyer Шаблон:Ship escorted the tanker Шаблон:Ship and the submarines Шаблон:Ship, Шаблон:Ship, Шаблон:Ship, and Шаблон:Ship through the Strait of Gibraltar during a voyage Lot and the submarines made from Oran to Casablanca between 16 and 18 October 1940.[7]

Casque was assigned to the Шаблон:Lang (High Seas Forces) on 1 May 1942, replacing Le Hardi in the 10th DT (Шаблон:Lang), although she was not ready for service until 1 July. When the Germans attempted to capture the French ships in Toulon intact on 27 November 1942, Casque was scuttled by her crew. The Italians attempted to salvage her, but the effort was abandoned after the ship was damaged during the Allied bombing raid on 29 April 1944; she was finally refloated in 1948 and scrapped.[8]

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  1. ↑ Jordan & Moulin, pp. 180–181
  2. ↑ Chesneau, p. 270
  3. ↑ Jordan & Moulin, pp. 180–186, 190
  4. ↑ Jordan & Moulin, pp. 186–190
  5. ↑ Jordan & Moulin, pp. 192–195
  6. ↑ Jordan & Moulin, pp. 182, 231–233, 236
  7. ↑ Sous-Marins Français Disparus & Accidents: Sous-Marin Monge II (in French) Accessed 29 August 2022
  8. ↑ Jordan & Moulin, pp. 237, 248; Whitley, p. 52
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