French destroyer Orage

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NameOrage
NamesakeThunderstorm
Ordered13 March 1923
Sister ship Ouragan underway before 1942
History
France
NameOrage
NamesakeThunderstorm
Ordered13 March 1923
BuilderChantiers Navals Français, Caen
Laid down20 August 1923
Launched30 August 1924
Completed1 October 1926
Commissioned1 September 1926
In service19 January 1927
FateSunk 23 May 1940
General characteristics
Class & typeBourrasque-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard)
  • 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load)
Length105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Beam9.7 m (31 ft 9.9 in)
Draft3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament

Orage was a Bourrasque-class destroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for the French Navy during the 1920s. The ship was sunk in 1940.

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