French destroyer Dague
Sister ship Bouclier underway | |
History | |
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Name: | Dague |
Namesake: | Dagger |
Builder: | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux |
Laid down: | 1909 |
Launched: | April 1910 |
Completed: | June 1911 |
Fate: | Sunk by a mine, 24 February 1915 |
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: |
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Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 Breguet 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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Dague was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
During World War I, Dague struck a mine at Bar, Montenegro, on 24 February 1915 and sank with the loss of 38 of her crew.[1]
- Underwater remains
- Underwater remains
- French flag on Underwater remains
References
- ↑ "French destroyer sunk". The Times (40789). London. 27 February 1915. col B, p. 8.
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