French destroyer Arabe
The French destroyer Arabe was the name ship of her class of destroyers built for the French Navy in Japan during the First World War.
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| Name: | Arabe |
| Namesake: | Arab people |
| Ordered: | 1916 |
| Builder: | Kure Naval Arsenal, Kure, Japan |
| Laid down: | 1917 |
| Launched: | 1917 |
| Completed: | 1917 |
| In service: | 1917 |
| Struck: | 14 June 1936 |
| Fate: | Scrapped after 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arabe-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 685 t (674 long tons) |
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| Beam: | 7.33 m (24 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 3 shafts; 3 vertical triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Range: | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 109 |
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Citations
References
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- Garier, Gérard (March 2001). "Les torpilleurs d'escadre français de construction japonaise: Le type 'Algérien' (1917 / 1936)". Navires & Historie. Lela Presse. 06: 33–51. ISSN 1280-4290.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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