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French destroyer Mogador

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Mogador History France Name: Mogador Namesake: Mogador Builder: Arsenal de Lorient Laid down: 28 December 1934 Launched: 9 June 1937 Commissioned: 8 April 1939 Fate: Scuttled at La Seyne-sur-Mer, 27 November 1942, scrapped 1949 General characteristics Class and type: Mogador -class destroyer Displacement: 2,997 tonnes (2,950 long tons; 3,304 short tons) (Standard) 4,018 tonnes (3,955 long tons; 4,429 short tons) (Deep load) Length: 137.5 m (451 ft 1 in) Beam: 12.57 m (41 ft 3 in) Draft: 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) Installed power: 92,000 shp (69,000 kW) Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines, 4 Indret boilers Speed: 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph) Range: 4,345 nmi (8,047 km; 5,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) 1,780 nmi (3,300 km; 2,050 mi) at 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) Complement: 12 officers, 226 men Armament: 4 × 2 - 138 mm (5.4 in) Mle 1934 guns 2 × 1 - 3...

Le Fantasque-class destroyer

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Le Fantasque , on trials after re-fitting, in Casco Bay, Maine, on 13 June 1943. Class overview Name: Le Fantasque class Operators:   French Navy   Free French Naval Forces Preceded by: Vauquelin class Succeeded by: Mogador class Completed: 6 Lost: 2 Retired: 4 General characteristics [1] Type: Destroyer Displacement: 2,569 long tons (2,610 t) standard 3,200–3,400 long tons (3,300–3,500 t) full load Length: 132.40 m (434 ft 5 in) Beam: 11.98 m (39 ft 4 in) Draught: 4.30 m (14 ft 1 in) Propulsion: 4 × Penhoët boilers 2 × Parsons or Rateau engines Geared turbines, 2 shafts 74,000–81,000 shp (55,000–60,000 kW) Speed: 45 knots (83 km/h; 52 mph) (40 kn (74 km/h; 46 mph) nominal) 37 kn (69 km/h; 43 mph) after refit Range: 1,200 km (750 mi) at 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) 6,600 nmi (12,200 km; 7,600 mi) at 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) Complement: 10 officers 210 sailors Armame...

Gitanos

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Romani people in Spain Gitanos Total population Estimated 720,000-1,500,000 [1] [2] [3] [4] Regions with significant populations   Spain Languages Caló Spanish Catalan Basque (Erromintxela) Galician Asturian Aragonese Roma Occitan (Aranese) Religion Predominantly Evangelicalism, Roman Catholicism Related ethnic groups Other Gypsies Part of a series on Romani people Archaeology Culture Music Language History Dance Religion People Diaspora Azerbaijan Basque Country Bosnia-Herzegovina Boyash Brazil Bulgaria Croatia Czechoslovakia Czech Republic England Finland France Germany Greece Gurbeti Hungary Iran Iraq Ireland Kalderash Kosovo Lăutari Lovari Mexico Northern Basque Country North Macedonia Norway Poland (Bergitka) Poland (Polska) Portugal Romania Russia (Ruska) Russia (Servitka) Serbia Serbia (Machvaya) Slovakia Spain ...