Verdun was one of six Guépard-class destroyers (contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
 Verdun leaving Nantes, 1930
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Verdun |
| Namesake | Battle of Verdun |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, St Nazaire |
| Launched | 4 July 1928 |
| Completed | 1 April 1930 |
| Fate | Scuttled, 27 November 1942 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Guépard-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 130.2 m (427 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 11.5 m (37 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft 1 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
| Crew | 12 officers, 224 crewmen (wartime) |
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After France surrendered to Germany in June 1940 during World War II, Verdun served with the navy of Vichy France. She was among the ships of the French fleet scuttled at Toulon, France, on 27 November 1942.
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edit- Cernuschi, Enrico & O'Hara, Vincent P. (2013). "Toulon: The Self-Destruction and Salvage of the French Fleet". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2013. London: Conway. pp. 134–148. ISBN 978-1-84486-205-4.
- Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Jordan, John & Moulin, Jean (2015). French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4.
- Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two (Third Revised ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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