French destroyer Renaudin
Renaudin was one of six Bisson-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1910s.
 Sister ship Bisson in harbor | |
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| Name: | Renaudin |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Toulon |
| Laid down: | February 1911 |
| Launched: | 20 March 1913 |
| Completed: | 1913 |
| Fate: | Sunk by U-6, 18 March 1916 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Bisson-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 768–804 t (756–791 long tons) |
| Length: | 78.1 m (256 ft 3 in) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draft: | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 Breguet steam turbines |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 1,950 nmi (3,610 km; 2,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 80–83 |
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During World War I, Renaudin was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Durrës, Albania (41°17′N 19°22′E) by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine SM U-6 on 18 March 1916.[1]
References
- "Renaudin". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
Bibliography
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
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