Aigle-class destroyer

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Aigle-class destroyer
Class overview
Name	Aigle class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Guépard class
Succeeded by	Vauquelin class
Completed	6
Scrapped	1
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) 3,140 t (3,090 long tons) (full load)
Length	128.5 m (421 ft 7 in)
Beam	11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Draught	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Installed power	64,000 PS (47,000 kW; 63,000 shp) 4 du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	3,650 nmi (6,760 km; 4,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Crew	10 officers, 217 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	5 × single 138.6 mm (5.5 in) guns 1 × single 75 mm (3.0 in) anti-aircraft gun 4 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes 2 x depth charge racks (16 depth charges) 4 x depth charge throwers (12 depth charges)

The Aigle-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) were built for the French navy during the 1920s. They were very similar to the previous Guepard class, the only difference being improved machinery with higher pressure boilers, offering an additional 0.5 knots (0.93 km/h; 0.58 mph) of speed and a new model 138 mm gun with a sliding breech block giving a higher rate of fire. The ships were named after birds.