French destroyer Casque (1910)

Sister ship Bouclier underway
History
France
Name:	Casque
Namesake:	Helmet
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Le Havre
Laid down:	1909
Launched:	25 August 1910
Completed:	1911
Struck:	26 March 1926
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 25 May 1927
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)
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

Casque was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. It was sunk by German forces in Port-Vendres on 8 November 1942, and was not successfully salvaged until 1948.

References

Bibliography

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• Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
• Jourdan, John; Moulin, Jean (2015). "The Period 1939--1943". French Destroyers: Torpilleurs d'Escadre and Contre-Torpilleurs, 1922-1956. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-84832-198-4.