Large destroyers
The Chacal class large destroyer FR Chacal of the French Navy. She was lost on 24 May 1940.
All Large destroyer classes
The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).
| Commissioned | ||
|---|---|---|
French Navy | ||
| Chacal (6) | 1926 - 1940 | |
| Guepard (6) | 1929 - 1931 | |
| Aigle (6) | 1931 - 1934 | |
| Vauquelin (6) | 1932 - 1934 | |
| Le Fantasque (7) | 1935 - 1940 | |
| Mogador (2) | 1939 - 1939 | |
6 ship classes.
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Large destroyers
| Date | Vessel | Class | ||
1940 | ||||
 | 30 Apr 1940 | FR Maille Breze | Vauquelin | |
| 3 May 1940 | FR Bison | Guepard | |
| 23 May 1940 | FR Jaguar | Chacal | |
| 24 May 1940 | FR Chacal | Chacal | |
1941 | ||||
| 16 Jun 1941 | FR Chevalier Paul | Vauquelin | |
1942 | ||||
| 8 Nov 1942 | FR Milan | Aigle | |
| 9 Nov 1942 | FR Epervier | Aigle | |
| 27 Nov 1942 | FR Cassard | Vauquelin | |
| 27 Nov 1942 | FR Kersaint | Vauquelin | |
| 27 Nov 1942 | FR L'Indomptable | Le Fantasque | |
| 27 Nov 1942 | FR Tartu | Vauquelin | |
| 27 Nov 1942 | FR Vauban | Guepard | |
| 27 Nov 1942 | FR Vauquelin | Vauquelin | |
1943 | ||||
| 7 May 1943 | FR L'Audacieux | Le Fantasque | |
 | 27 May 1943 | FFL Léopard | Chacal | |
15 Large destroyers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.
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