French destroyer Fantassin

A postcard of sister ship Chasseur at anchor
History
France
Name:	Fantassin
Namesake:	Infantryman
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Launched:	17 June 1909
Completed:	June 1911
Fate:	Wrecked in a collision and then scuttled, 5 June 1915
General characteristics
Class and type:	Chasseur-class destroyer
Displacement:	457 t (450 long tons) (designed) 528 t (520 long tons) (deep load)
Length:	65.4 m (214 ft 7 in) (p/p)
Beam:	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Draft:	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	7,200 shp (5,369 kW) 4 Normand boilers
Propulsion:	3 shafts; 3 Steam turbines
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:	1,400–1,500 nmi (2,600–2,800 km; 1,600–1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	77–79
Armament:	6 × 65 mm (2.6 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Fantassin was one of four Chasseur-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

During World War I, Fantassin suffered damage when the French destroyer Mameluck rammed her in the Ionian Sea on 5 June 1915. The French destroyer Fauconneau consequently scuttled Fantassin.^[1]

References

1. "French Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

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.