French destroyer Tirailleur

Tirailleur was one of two Voltigeur-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Tirailleur in 1908
History
France
Name: Tirailleur
Namesake: Tirailleur
Builder: Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux
Launched: 27 November 1908
Completed: July 1910
Struck: July 1921
General characteristics
Class and type: Voltigeur-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 457 t (450 long tons) (designed)
  • 599 t (590 long tons) (deep load)
Length: 63 m (206 ft 8 in) (p/p)
Beam: 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draft: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power:
  • 7,500 shp (5,593 kW)
  • 4 Du Temple boilers
Propulsion: 3 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines and 1 steam turbine
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range: 1,520 nmi (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 76–77
Armament:

References

    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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