T 53-class destroyer

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Class overview
Builders	Arsenal de Brest Arsenal de Lorient Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	T 47 class
Succeeded by	Aconit
Subclasses	T 56 class Anti-submarine and anti-air variants after refit
In commission	1957–1992
Completed	6
Retired	6
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)
Propulsion	4 boilers, Geared turbines, 63,000 hp (46,979 kW), 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: 19 officers 328 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	DRBV31 surface sentry and navigation radar 2 DRBC30 fire control radars DRBI10B altimetry radar DRBV22A combined sentry radar DUBV 1B sonar DUBA 1B sonar
Armament	As built: 6 × 127 mm (5 in) guns (3 × 2) 6 × 57mm/60 modèle 1951 guns (3 × 2) 4 × 20 mm (0.79 in) guns (4 × 1) 6 × Bofors 375 mm (14.8 in) ASW rocket launcher (1 × 6) 12 × 550 mm (21.7 in) torpedo tubes (4 × 3)

The T 53 class were the second group of destroyers built for the French Navy after World War II. These ships were a modified version of the T 47-class destroyers. The main difference with the preceding ships was the provision of improved air warning and tracking radars as well as an anti-submarine mortar. The ships were built between 1957 and 1958 and were decommissioned in the late 1970s or early 1980s. A single modified ship La Galissonnière was built as a trials ship for a new generation of French weapons. This ship was designated as the T 56 class.