French destroyer Opiniâtre
The French destroyer Opiniâtre 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.
Sister ship Temeraire at anchor | |
History | |
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Name: | Opiniâtre |
Builder: | Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux |
Launched: | 1911 |
In service: | 16 September 1914 |
Struck: | 1933 |
Fate: | Scrapped, 1935 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Aventurier-class destroyer |
Displacement: | 930 t (915 long tons) |
Length: | |
Beam: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
Draft: | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
Installed power: |
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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: |
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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.
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