French destroyer Étendard
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History | |
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France | |
Name: | Étendard |
Namesake: | Banner |
Builder: | Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux |
Laid down: | December 1905 |
Launched: | 20 March 1908 |
Fate: | Sunk by a German destroyer 25 April 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Branlebas-class destroyer |
Displacement: | 350 t (344 long tons) |
Length: | 58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p) |
Beam: | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) |
Draft: | 2.96 m (9 ft 9 in) |
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Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed: | 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) |
Range: | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement: | 60 |
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Armor: | Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in) |
Étendard was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
During World War I, Étendard was torpedoed and sunk by an Imperial German Navy destroyer in the North Sea off Dunkirk, France, with the loss of all hands on 25 April 1917.[1]
References
- ↑ "French Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
Bibliography
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
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