Sister shipOuragan underway before 1942
History
France
Name	Tornade
Namesake	Tornado
Ordered	5 March 1923
Builder	Dyle et Bacalan
Laid down	25 April 1923
Launched	12 March 1925
Completed	10 May 1928
Commissioned	1 October 1927
In service	21 May 1928
General characteristics
Class & type	Bourrasque-classdestroyer
Displacement	1,320 t (1,300 long tons) (standard) 1,825 t (1,796 long tons) (full load)
Length	105.6 m (346 ft 5.5 in)
Beam	9.7 m (31 ft 9.9 in)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft 5.8 in)
Installed power	31,000 PS (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp) 3du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 gearedsteam turbines
Speed	33knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Crew	9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
Armament	4 × single130 mm (5.1 in) guns 1 × single75 mm (3.0 in)anti-aircraft guns 2 × triple 550 mm (21.7 in)torpedo tubes 2 chutes for 16depth charges

Tornade was aBourrasque-classdestroyer (torpilleur d'escadre) built for theFrench Navy during the 1920s.

AfterFrance surrendered toGermany in June 1940 duringWorld War II,Tornade served with the navy ofVichy France. She was atOran,French Algeria, when theAllies invadedFrench North Africa inOperation Torch in November 1942. Resisting the invasion, she was badly damaged off Oran on 8 November 1942 by gunfire by theRoyal Navylight cruiserHMS Aurora anddestroyerHMS Calpe and was beached to avoid sinking.^[1]

TheBourrasque class had anoverall length of 105.6 meters (346 ft 5 in), abeam of 9.7 meters (31 ft 10 in), and adraft of 3.5 meters (11 ft 6 in). The ships displaced 1,320metric tons (1,300long tons) at (standard) load and 1,825 metric tons (1,796 long tons) atdeep load. They were powered by two gearedsteam turbines, each driving onepropeller shaft, using steam provided by threedu Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 31,000metric horsepower (22,800 kW; 30,576 shp), which would propel the ship at 33knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). The ships carried enoughfuel oil to give them a range of 3,000nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).^[2]

The main armament of theBourrasque-class ships consisted of fourCanon de 130 mm (5.1 in) Modèle 1919 guns inshielded single mounts, onesuperfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure. Theiranti-aircraft (AA) armament consisted of a singleCanon de 75 mm (3 in) Modèle 1924 gun. The ships carried two triple mounts of 550-millimeter (21.7 in)torpedo tubesamidships. A pair ofdepth charge chutes were built into theirstern that housed a total of sixteen 200-kilogram (440 lb) depth charges.^[2]

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• Jordan, John & Moulin, Jean (2015).French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4.
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• Bourrasque-class destroyers
• Ships built by Dyle et Bacalan
• 1925 ships
• Maritime incidents in November 1942

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