French destroyer Fauconneau
Fauconneau was a Durandal-class destroyer built for the French Navy in the late 1890s.
 Sister ship Espingole moving at slow speed in harbor | |
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| Name: | Fauconneau |
| Namesake: | Falconet |
| Ordered: | 1896 |
| Builder: | Normand, Le Havre |
| Launched: | 2 April 1900 |
| Struck: | 15 January 1921 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 20 April 1921 |
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| Class and type: | Durandal-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 311 t (306 long tons) |
| Length: | 57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Depth: | 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in) |
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| Speed: | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range: | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 64 officers and enlisted men |
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During World War I, Fauconneau scuttled the French destroyer Fantassin in the Ionian Sea on 5 June 1915 after Fantassin suffered serious damage in a collision with the French destroyer Mameluck.[1]
References
- "French Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
Bibliography
- Caresse, Philippe (2013). "The Unlucky Destroyer Espignole". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2013. London: Conway. ISBN 978-1-84486-205-4.
- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
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