French T-47 or Surcouf class destroyers design T 47 B 1950s

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Preceded by Fantasque-, Le Fier and Hardi-classes succeeded by T 53-class, authorized in 1949, designed to serve as aircraft carrier escort vessels, of which 12 were built between 1955-1957, modernized in the 1960s and finally decommissioned in the 1980s.