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{{short description|Destroyer of the French Navy}}

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|Ship country=France
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|Ship name=''Le Mars''
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|Ship ordered=14 April 1927
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|Ship builder=[[Chantiers Navals Français]], [[Caen]]
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|Ship laid down=8 July 1925
|Ship launched=28 August 1926
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|Ship completed=20 January 1928
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|Ship fate=Scuttled 27 November 1942
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|Ship class=[[L'Adroit-class destroyer|''L'Adroit''-class destroyer]]
|Ship displacement=*{{cvt|1380|t|LT|lk=on}}  ([[Displacement (ship)#Standard displacement|standard]])
|Ship length= {{convert|107.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|9.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|3.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*3 [[du Temple boiler]]s
*{{convert|31000|PS|kW shp|lk=on|abbr=on|0}}
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts; 2 geared [[steam turbine]]s
|Ship speed= {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship crew=9 officers, 153 crewmen (wartime)
|Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
|Ship armament=*4 × single [[Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1924|{{convert|130|mm|abbr=on|1}} guns]]
*2 × single [[Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925|{{convert|37|mm|abbr=on|1}}]] [[AA gun]]s
*2 × triple {{convert|550|mm|abbr=on|1}} [[torpedo tube]]s
*2 chutes and 2 throwers for 22 [[depth charge]]s
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The '''French destroyer ''Le Mars''''' was one of 14 {{sclass|L'Adroit|destroyer}}s built for the [[French Navy]] during the 1920s.

==Design and description==
[[File:French destroyer Le Mars capsizing at Toulon in 1942.jpg|thumb|left|''Le Mars'' being scuttled in Toulon, 27 November 1942]]
The ''L'Adroit'' class was a slightly enlarged and improved version of the preceding [[Bourrasque-class destroyer|''Bourrasque'' class]]. The ships had an [[length overall|overall length]] of {{convert|107.2|m|ftin|sp=us}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|9.9|m|ftin|sp=us}}, and a [[draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|3.5|m|ftin|sp=us}}. The ships displaced {{convert|1380|t|LT|sp=us}} at standard load and {{convert|2000|t|LT|sp=us}} at [[deep load]]. They were powered by two geared [[steam turbine]]s, each driving one [[propeller shaft]], using steam provided by three [[du Temple boiler]]s. The turbines were designed to produce {{convert|31000|PS|kW shp|lk=on|sp=us|0}}, which would propel the ships at {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}. The ships carried {{convert|386|t|LT|0|sp=us}} of [[fuel oil]] which gave them a range of {{convert|3000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn}}.<ref>Jordan & Moulin, Chapter 3</ref>

The main armament of the ''L'Adroit''-class ships consisted of four [[Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1924]] guns in single mounts, one [[superfiring]] pair each fore and aft of the superstructure. Their [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] armament consisted of a pair of [[Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925]] guns. The ships carried two above-water triple sets of {{convert|550|mm|in|adj=on|sp=us|1}} [[torpedo tube]]s. A pair of [[depth charge]] chutes were built into their stern; these housed a total of sixteen {{convert|200|kg|sp=us|adj=on}} depth charges. In addition two depth charge throwers were fitted for which six {{convert|100|kg|sp=us|adj=on}} depth charges were carried.<ref>Jordan & Moulin, Chapter 3</ref>

==Construction and career==
''Le Mars'' was [[laid down]] on 8 July 1925, [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 28 August 1926 and completed on 20 January 1928.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|editor=Jordan, John|publisher=Conway|location=London|year=2013|title=Warship 2013|isbn=978-1-84486-205-4|chapter=Toulon: The Self-Destruction and Salvage of the French Fleet|last1=Cernuschi|first1=Enrico|last2=O'Hara|first2=Vincent P.|name-list-style=amp|pages=134–148}}
*{{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
*{{cite book|last1=Jordan|first1=John|last2=Moulin|first2=Jean|title=French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre & Contre-Torpilleurs 1922–1956|year=2015|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-198-4 |name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last=Rohwer|first=Jürgen|title=Chronology of the War at Sea 1939–1945: The Naval History of World War Two|publisher=Naval Institute Press|location=Annapolis, Maryland|year=2005|edition=Third Revised|isbn=1-59114-119-2|authorlink=Jürgen Rohwer}}
* {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland|authorlink=Michael J. Whitley}}

{{L'Adroit class destroyer}}

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