T 47-class destroyer

Maillé-Brézé, now a museum ship in Nantes
Class overview
Name	T 47 or Surcouf class
Builders	Arsenal de Brest Arsenal de Lorient Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Fantasque class, Le Fier class, Hardi class
Succeeded by	T 53 class
Subclasses	Anti-submarine and anti-air variants after refit
In commission	1955–1991
Completed	12
Retired	11
Preserved	1
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,750 long tons (2,794 t) standard 3,740 long tons (3,800 t) full load
Length	128.6 m (421 ft 11 in)
Beam	12.7 m (41 ft 8 in)
Draught	5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Installed power	63,000 shp (47,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 boilers Rateau geared steam turbines 2 shafts
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	347
Armament	As built: 6 × Model 1948 127 mm (5 in) guns (3 twin turrets) 6 × 57mm/60 modèle 1951 guns (3 twin turrets) 4 × 20 mm (0.8 in) guns (4×1) 12 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes (4×3)

The T 47 class or Surcouf class were the first destroyers built for the French Navy after the Second World War. Twelve ships were built between 1955 and 1957. The ships were modernised in the 1960s and decommissioned in the 1980s, when they were replaced by the Cassard and Georges Leygues-class frigates. The class was authorised in 1949 and were designed as aircraft carrier escort vessels. Three were modified to become flagships, four became anti-air guided missile destroyers and five became anti-submarine destroyers. One member of the class survives, Maillé-Brézé as a museum ship at Nantes.