French destroyer Bourrasque
Introduction '''''Bourrasque''''' was a  (''torpilleur d'escadre'') built for the French Navy during the 1920s.
Design and description The ''Bourrasque'' class had an overall length of , a beam of , and a draft of . The ships displaced  at (standard) load and  at deep load. They were powered by two geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three du Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce , which would propel the ship at . The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of  at .The main armament of the ''Bourrasque''-class ships consisted of four Canon de  Modèle 1919 guns in shielded single mounts, one superfiring pair each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their anti-aircraft (AA) armament consisted of a single Canon de  Modèle 1924 gun. The ships carried two triple mounts of  torpedo tubes amidships. A pair of depth charge chutes were built into their stern that housed a total of sixteen  depth charges.
Construction and career ''Bourrasque'' slowly sinking''Bourrasque'' was laid down on 12 November 1923, launched on 5 August 1925 and completed on 23 September 1926. ''Bourrasque'' was sunk on 30 May 1940 during Operation Dynamo, with the loss of some 500 of the 1,100–1,200 troops and crew aboard.
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