Milan at anchor
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Milan |
Builder | Arsenal de Lorient |
Launched | 13 October 1931 |
Completed | 20 April 1934 |
Fate | Run aground after being struck by USS Massachusetts (BB-59) on 8 November 1942. Wreck scrapped post-war. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aigle-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,441 t (2,402 long tons) (standard) |
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 |
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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) |
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The French destroyer Milan was one of six Aigle-class destroyer (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s.