French destroyer Bouclier

Bouclier underway
History
France
Name:	Bouclier
Namesake:	Shield
Builder:	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Laid down:	1909
Launched:	29 June 1911
Completed:	1911
Struck:	15 February 1933
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bouclier-class destroyer
Displacement:	732–809 t (720–796 long tons)
Length:	72.32 m (237 ft 3 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:	13,000 shp (9,694 kW) 4 water-tube boilers
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

Bouclier was the name ship of her class of destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

On 27 June 1922, Bouclier collided with the battleship Paris at Toulon, France. Both ships suffered severe damage.^[1]

Bouclier was stricken on 15 February 1933.

References

1. "Casualty reports". The Times (43069). London. 28 June 1922. col E, p. 21.

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.