French destroyer Francis Garnier
Sister ship Bouclier underway | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Francis Garnier |
Namesake: | Francis Garnier |
Builder: | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre |
Laid down: | 1910 |
Launched: | 1 October 1912 |
Completed: | 1913 |
Struck: | 10 February 1926 |
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) |
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Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 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 |
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Francis Garnier was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
References
Bibliography
- 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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