French destroyer Hache

Sister ship Trident underway in harbor
History
France
Name	Hache
Namesake	Axe
Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	1 August 1906
Launched	15 February 1908
Stricken	27 February 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	356 t (350 long tons)
Length	58 m (190 ft 3 in) (waterline)
Beam	6.53 m (21 ft 5 in)
Draft	2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Installed power	6,800 ihp (5,071 kW) 2 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 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Hache was one of 13 Template:Sclass-s built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

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.