French destroyer Mécanicien Principal Lestin

The French destroyer Mécanicien Principal Lestin was the second of two Enseigne Roux-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the First World War.

Sister ship Enseigne Roux at anchor
History
France
Name: Mécanicien Principal Lestin
Builder: Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down: 12 November 1913
Launched: 15 May 1915
Completed: 1916
Struck: 1935
Fate: Scrapped after 1935
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Enseigne Roux-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 850 t (837 long tons) (normal)
  • 1,075 t (1,058 long tons) (deep load)
Length: 82.6 m (271 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft: 3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 Steam turbines
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 81
Armament:

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.
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