French destroyer Bélier

Bélier
History
France
Name	Bélier
Namesake	Battering ram
Ordered	1901
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Laid down	September 1901
Launched	25 May 1903
Stricken	25 January 1921
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 May 1922
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	323 t (318 long tons)
Length	58.26 m (191 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.38 m (20 ft 11 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	6,300 ihp (4,698 kW) 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	60
Armament	1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Bélier was one of 20 Template:Sclass-s built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Bibliography

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• 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)