Name Cassard Beam 11.8 m (38 ft 8.6 in) | Namesake Jacques Cassard Length 129 m | |
Fate Scuttled, 27 November 1942 Class and type Vauquelin-class destroyer Displacement 2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard)
3,120 t (3,070 long tons) (full load) | ||
The French destroyer Cassard was one of six Vauquelin-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s.
Service
On 14 June 1940, Cassard took part in a sortie by the French 3rd Squadron against Italian ports. The 1st Cruiser Division consisting of the cruisers Algérie and Foch, together with the destroyers Cassard, Lion, Vauban, Aigle, Tartu and Le Chevalier Paul, shelled Vado Ligure, while the 2nd Cruiser Division (Colbert, Dupleix plus escorting destroyers) attacked Genoa.
After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Aigle served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.
References
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