- Who
- French ship Le Terrible
- What
- 45.25 nautical mile(s) per hour or knot(s)
- Where
- Frankreich (Blainville)
- When
- 1935
The highest speed attained by a destroyer was 45.25 knots (83.42 km/h or 52 mph) by the 2,900 tonne (6.4 million lb) French ship Le Terrible in 1935. Built in Blainville, France and powered by four Yarrow small tube boilers and two Rateau geared turbines, giving 74,570 kW (100,000 shp), she was decommissioned at the end of 1957.
