
La Bourdonnais is the successor development of the T-47 destroyer were the first destroyers built for the French Navy after the Second World War.These ships were based on the wartime Hardi class, but were enlarged and had a dual purpose armament. The ships were designed as Squadron escorts (Escorteur d’escadre) rather than for independent operations, therefore they had a slower speed than their predecessors.On the basis of this ship, the T-53 class destroyer was developed.
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