T 53-class destroyer

{{Short description|Class of destroyers built for French navy}}{{more footnotes|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox ship | sclass = 2 |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = Tartu (D636).jpg | image_caption = }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/class overview | name = | builders = *Arsenal de Brest *Arsenal de Lorient *Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde *Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne | operators = {{Navy|France}} | class_before = {{sclass2|T 47|destroyer|4}} | class_after = {{Ship|French destroyer|Aconit|F65|2}} | subclasses = *T 56 class *Anti-submarine and anti-air variants after refit | cost = | built_range = | in_commission_range = 1957–1992 | total_ships_building = | total_ships_planned = | total_ships_completed = 6 | total_ships_canceled = | total_ships_active = | total_ships_laid_up = | total_ships_lost = | total_ships_retired = 6 | total_ships_preserved = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = Destroyer | displacement = *{{Convert|2750|LT|t|0|lk=on}} standard *{{Convert|3740|LT|t|0}} full load | length = {{Convert|128.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | beam = {{Convert|12.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = {{Convert|5.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | power = | propulsion = 4 boilers, Geared turbines, {{Convert|63000|hp|0|abbr=on}}, 2 shafts | speed = {{Convert|34|kn|lk=in}} | range = {{Convert|5000|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{Convert|18|kn|abbr=on}} | endurance = | complement = *347: *19 officers *328 enlisted | sensors = * DRBV31 surface sentry and navigation radar * 2 DRBC30 fire control radars * DRBI10B altimetry radar * DRBV22A combined sentry radar * DUBV 1B sonar * DUBA 1B sonar | EW = | armament = * ''As built'': * 6 × {{Convert|127|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} guns (3 × 2) * 6 × 57mm/60 modèle 1951 guns (3 × 2) * 4 × {{Convert|20|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns (4 × 1) * 6 × Bofors {{Convert|375|mm|in|abbr=on}} ASW rocket launcher (1 × 6) * 12 × {{Convert|550|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (4 × 3) | armour = | aircraft = | aircraft_facilities = | notes = }} }} The '''T 53 class''' were the second group of destroyers built for the French Navy after World War II. These ships were a modified version of the {{sclass2|T 47|destroyer}}s. 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 ''La Galissonnière'' was built as a trials ship for a new generation of French weapons. This ship was designated as the '''T 56 class'''.{{Citation needed|date=October 2025}}

==Modifications== In 1972–73 two of the class were substantially modified: * ''Duperré'' was completely rearmed with a Model 1968 {{Convert|100|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} main gun, four Exocet MM38 missiles, two quadruple L5 torpedo launchers, and two 20 mm AA cannon. She was also fitted with a helipad to carry a Lynx WG13 helicopter.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/duperre/caracter.htm |title=Duperré : Caractéristiques principales |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> * ''Forbin'' had her forward 57 mm turret removed, and her aft 127 mm turret was replaced by a helipad. She was then principally used as a naval aviation training ship alongside the helicopter cruiser {{Ship|French cruiser|Jeanne d'Arc|R97|2}}.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/forbin/caracter.htm |title=Forbin : Caractéristiques principales |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref>

==''La Galissonnière''== {{Prose|section|date=October 2025}} ''La Galissonnière'' differed slightly in specification from the rest of the class as she was built specifically to test the Malafon anti-submarine missile.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/lagalissonniere/caracter.htm |title=La Galissonnière : Caractéristiques principales |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> * Length : {{Convert|128|m|ftin|abbr=on}} * Beam : {{Convert|12|m|ftin|abbr=on}} * Draught : {{Convert|5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} * Complement: 272 * 2 × Model 1953 {{Convert|100|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} guns (2×1) * 1 × Malafon anti-submarine missile launcher (13 missiles) * 6 × {{Convert|550|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes (2×3) * 1 × quadruple {{Convert|305|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} anti-submarine mortar * 2 × 20 mm AA cannon * 1 × Alouette II or Alouette III helicopter

thumb|left|''La Galissonnière'' in 1983. {{-}}

==Ships== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Pennant ! Name ! Named after ! Builder ! Commissioned ! Fate |- |D633 |{{Ship|French destroyer|Duperré|D633|2}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/duperre/index.htm |title=Duperré |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> |Guy-Victor Duperré |Arsenal de Lorient |8 October 1957 |Trials ship for Cormoran I sonar, 1967–71 Rearmed 1972 Decommissioned 1 June 1992. As of 2012 at Landévennec awaiting demolition. |- |D634 |{{Ship|French destroyer|La Bourdonnais|D634|2}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/labourdonnais/index.htm |title=La Bourdonnais |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> |Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais |Arsenal de Brest |3 March 1958 |Decommissioned July 1976 Sunk by an Exocet SM39 from the submarine ''Ouessant'', May 1992 |- |D635 |{{Ship|French destroyer|Forbin|D635|2}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/forbin/index.htm |title=Forbin |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> |Claude de Forbin |Arsenal de Brest |1 February 1958 |Converted to helicopter training ship, 1973 Decommissioned 1 June 1981 Sunk as a target off Brest, 17 May 1999 |- |D636 |{{Ship|French destroyer|Tartu|D636|2}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/tartu/index.htm |title=Tartu |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> |Jean-François Tartu |AC Bretagne |5 February 1958 |Decommissioned December 1979 Sunk, 80 miles off Lorient, 9 December 1998 |- |D637 |{{Ship|French destroyer|Jauréguiberry|D637|2}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/jaureguib/index.htm |title=Jauréguiberry |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> |Bernard Jauréguiberry |FC de la Gironde |15 July 1958 |Decommissioned 16 September 1977 Sunk by Exocet MM40 missile off the Île du Levant, 30 May 1986 |- |D638 |{{Ship|French destroyer|La Galissonnière|D638|2}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.netmarine.net/bat/ee/lagalissonniere/index.htm |title=La Galissonnière |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |work=netmarine.net |year=2012 |accessdate=26 March 2013|language=fr}}</ref> |Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière |Arsenal de Lorient |11 July 1962 |Decommissioned 20 April 1990 Scrapped in Ghent, Belgium in 2015. |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Conway's ''All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995'' *{{cite book |last1=Jordan |first1=John |editor1-last=Jordan |editor1-first=John |title=Warship 2021 |date=2021 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=978-1-4728-4779-9 |chapter=T 53 ''Duperré''|pages=180–182}}

==External links== * [http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1326882 ex-''Duperre'' at anchorage in Brest, France 2004]

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