French destroyer Épervier
Sister Milan at anchor | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Épervier |
| Namesake | Sparrowhawk |
| Ordered | 1 July 1929 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Laid down | 18 August 1930 |
| Launched | 14 August 1931 |
| Completed | 1 April 1934 |
| Commissioned | 31 December 1933 |
| Fate | Beached, 9 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Aigle-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,441 long tons (2,480 t) (standard) |
| Length | 129.3 m (424 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 11.8 m (38 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 3,100 nmi (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Crew | 12 officers, 220 crewmen (wartime) |
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Épervier was one of six Aigle-class destroyers (French: contre-torpilleurs) built for the French Navy during the 1930s. Together with her sister ship Milan, Épervier was to be built at the Arsenal de Lorient, but that shipyard was overloaded with work and construction of the two ships had to be postponed.