French destroyer Casque (1910)

History
France
Name: Casque
Namesake: Helmet
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Le Havre
Laid down: 1909
Launched: 25 August 1910
Completed: 1911
Struck: 26 March 1926
Fate: Sold for scrap, 25 May 1927
General characteristics
Class and type: Bouclier-class destroyer
Displacement: 732–809 t (720–796 long tons)
Length: 72.3–78.3 m (237 ft 2 in–256 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Beam: 7.6–8 m (24 ft 11 in–26 ft 3 in)
Draft: 2.9–3.3 m (9 ft 6 in–10 ft 10 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 3 shafts; 3 Parsons steam turbines
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 1,200–1,600 nmi (2,200–3,000 km; 1,400–1,800 mi) at 12–14 knots (22–26 km/h; 14–16 mph)
Complement: 80–83
Armament:
  • 2 × 100 mm (3.9 in) Mle 1893 guns
  • 4 × 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1902 guns
  • 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Casque was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

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