Jauréguiberry (D 637)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | September 1954 |
| Launched: | 5 November 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 15th of July 1958 |
| Decommissioned: | 16th of September 1977 |
| Fate: | Sunk as the Q580 target ship for the experimentation of the Exocet missile. |
| Struck: | 30th of May 1986 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3750 t |
| Length: | 128 m |
| Width: | 12 m |
| Beam: | |
| Draught: | 5 m |
| Propulsion: | Two Rateau Turbines providing 63000 hp (47 MW) |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 5000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 19 officers and 328 men. |
| Armament: | 6 x 127 mm AA guns (II x 3) 6 x 57 mm AA guns (II x 3) |
| Detection: | 1 general sentry radar DRBV22A 1 surface and navigation sentry radar DRBV31 |
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The fleet escort Jauréguiberry (D637) was a French destroyer of the T53 class, designed for anti-air and (to a lesser extend) anti-submarine roles. She was the second French Navy vessel to bear the name.
In 1966 and 1968, she was involved in two nuclear tests with "Force Alpha", and a third one in 1970 with the cruiser De Grasse, in the Pacific Ocean. In 1974, she archived a long mission with the friagte Duquesne.
In 1977, a few weeks before being decommissioned, she was used for the film "Le Crabe Tambour" by Pierre Schoendoerffer.
 View of the deck of the Jauréguiberry. The starboard torpedo tubes are particularly visible. |
 "Tape de Bouche" of the Jauréguiberry |
 View from the command bridge |
