French destroyer Yatagan

Yatagan was a Framée-class destroyer built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.

Yataghan dressed for a review
History
France
Name: Yatagan
Namesake: Yatagan
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Saint-Nazaire
Laid down: 1897
Launched: 27 July 1900
Fate: Sunk in a collision, 3 November 1916
General characteristics
Class and type: Framée-class destroyer
Displacement: 319 t (314 long tons)
Length: 58.2 m (190 ft 11 in) o/a
Beam: 6.31 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft: 3.03 m (9 ft 11 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range: 2,055 nmi (3,806 km; 2,365 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 48
Armament:

Yatagan served on fishery protection duties during World War I. While thus engaged, she collided with the British steamer Teviot and sank in the English Channel off Dieppe, France, on 3 November 1916.[1][2]

References
  1. "Major Warships Sunk in World War 1 1916". World War I. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. "French Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

Bibliography
  • 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.
  • 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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