French destroyer Faulx
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History | |
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Name: | Faulx |
Namesake: | Scythe |
Builder: | Établissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes |
Laid down: | 1909 |
Launched: | 2 February 1911 |
Completed: | 1912 |
Fate: | Sunk in a collision, 18 April 1918 |
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 Rateau 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: |
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Faulx was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She saw service in World War I.
On 18 April 1918, the French destroyer Mangani rammed and sank Faulx in the Strait of Otranto.[1]
References
- ↑ "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.
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