T 53 class destroyer

The T 53 class were the second group of destroyers built for the French Navy after World War 2. These ships were a modified versionof 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 the "La Galissonnière" was build as a trials ship for a new generation of French weapons. This ship was designated as type T56.

General characteristics

"T53"
*Displacement: 2750 tons standard, 3740 tons full load
*Length: 128.6 m
*Beam: 12.7 m
*Draught: 5.4 m
*Machinery: 2 shaft geared turbines, 4 boilers, 63,000 hp
*Speed: 34 knots
*Range: 5000 nmi at 18 knots
*Armament:
** 6 - 127mm guns (3 twin turrets)
** 6 - 57mm guns (3 twin turrets)
** 4 - 20mm guns (4x1)
** 6 - 550mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
** 1 Bofors anti-submarine mortar
*Crew: 347

"T56 (La Galissonnière )"
*Length - 132.8 m
*Armament:
**2 - 100mm guns
**1- Malafon anti submarine missile launcher
**6 - 550mm torpedo tubes (2x3)
**1 - anti submarine mortar
**1 - Helicopter

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References

* Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995