Vauquelin-class destroyer

The Vauquelin class was a group of six large destroyers built for the French Navy in the early 1930s. Entering service in 1933–1934, the sister ships spent most of their careers in the Mediterranean. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, they helped to enforce the non-intervention agreement. When France declared war on Germany in September 1939, all of the Vauquelins were assigned to the High Sea Forces which was tasked to escort French convoys and support the other commands as needed. Three of the sisters briefly deployed to Scotland in early 1940 to support the Allied forces in the Norwegian Campaign and Maillé Brézé was lost to an accidental explosion. The others returned to the Mediterranean in time to participate in Operation Vado, a bombardment of Italian coastal facilities after Italy entered the war in June.

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speed 36 knot, 
destroyer, French Navy, Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, 

Chastang-class destroyer, Chevalier Paul, Duperré, Foudroyant, Kersaint, Maillé Brézé, Tartu, 

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  Chevalier Paul ⓘ
  1932 Vauquelin-class destroyer

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  Kersaint ⓘ
  1931 Vauquelin-class destroyer

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  Tartu ⓘ
  1931 Vauquelin-class destroyer

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  Vauquelin ⓘ
  1932 Vauquelin-class destroyer

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  Maillé Brézé ⓘ
  1931 Vauquelin-class destroyer

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1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1933-04-23T00:00:00Z

1933-04-23T00:00:00Z

1933 Maillé Brézé

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French destroyer Chevalier Paul moored to a buoy c1934

Vauquelin & Tartu NH 88535

View of scuttled ships in Toulon in late 1944

Maillé Brézé NH 86537

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		Chevalier Paul	Vauquelin-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Kersaint	Vauquelin-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Tartu	Vauquelin-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		Vauquelin	Vauquelin-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1933	Maillé Brézé	destroyer, Vauquelin-class destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		French destroyer Chevalier Paul moored to a buoy c1934		Commons
commons	image		Vauquelin & Tartu NH 88535		Commons
commons	image		View of scuttled ships in Toulon in late 1944		Commons
commons	image		Maillé Brézé NH 86537		Commons