French destroyer Intrépide

Sister ship Temeraire at anchor
History
France
Name: Intrépide
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes
Launched: 25 September 1911
Completed: 2 November 1914
Struck: 1937
Fate: Scrapped, 1938
General characteristics
Class and type: Aventurier-class destroyer
Displacement: 930 t (915 long tons)
Length:
  • 88.53 m (290 ft 5 in) (o/a)
  • 86.28 m (283 ft 1 in) (waterline)
Beam: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 Steam turbines
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range: 1,850 nmi (3,430 km; 2,130 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 140
Armament:

The French destroyer Intrépide was one of four Aventurier-class destroyers that was built for the Argentine Navy in the early 1910s. All four ships were taken over by the French Navy after the start of the First World War in August 1914.

Citations

    References

    • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
    • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1922. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
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