Arquebuse-class destroyer
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A postcard of Sarbacane underway in 1905
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| Name: | Arquebuse class |
| Operators: |  French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Pertuisane-class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Claymore-class destroyer |
| Built: | 1900–04 |
| In service: | 1903–21 |
| Completed: | 20 |
| Lost: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 18 |
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| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 323 t (318 long tons) |
| Length: | 58.26 m (191 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range: | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 60 |
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The Arquebuse class was a group of 20 destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Two ships were sunk during the First World War and the others were scrapped after the war.
Losses
The Catapulte was sunk after a collision with the British steamship Warrimoo near Bizerte, Tunisia, on 18 May 1918.[1]
The Mousquet was sunk off the entrance of Penang harbour in the Strait of Malacca on 28 October 1914 by the German cruiser SMS Emden, which she was attempting to engage.[1]
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Arquebuse class destroyers. |
- (French) Details about the Fronde: [1], [2], [3]
- The Arquebuse class on navypedia.org
