The
Guépard-class ships were improved versions of the preceding . They had an
overall length of , a
beam of , and a
draft of . The ships displaced at
standard load and at
deep load. Their crew consisted of 10 officers and 200 crewmen in peacetime and 102 officers and 224
enlisted men in wartime. The ships were powered by two geared
steam turbines, each driving a
propeller shaft using steam provided by four
du Temple boilers. The turbines were designed to produce which was intended give the ships a speed of . During her
sea trials on 6 June 1930,
Vauban reached a speed of from . The ships carried enough
fuel oil to give them a range of at . The
main battery of the
Guépard class consisted of five Modèle 1923 guns in single
shielded mounts, one
superfiring pair fore and aft of the
superstructure and the fifth gun
abaft the rear
funnel. Their
anti-aircraft armament consisted of four
semi-automatic Modèle 1927 guns in single mounts positioned
amidships. They were equipped with two rotating triple mounts for
torpedo tubes, one mount between the two pairs of funnels as well as another aft of the rear funnel. A pair of
depth charge chutes were built into their
stern; these housed a total of sixteen depth charges, with eight more in reserve. They were also fitted with four depth-charge throwers, two on each side abreast the forward pair of funnels, for which the ships carried a dozen depth charges. ==Notes==