French destroyer Fauconneau

Sister ship Espingole moving at slow speed in harbor
History
France
Name	Fauconneau
Namesake	Falconet
Ordered	1896
Builder	Normand, Le Havre
Launched	2 April 1900
Stricken	15 January 1921
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 April 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	311 t (306 long tons)
Length	57.64 m (189 ft 1 in)
Beam	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Depth	4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Installed power	5,200 PS (3,800 kW) 2 × Water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 × Shafts 2 × Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	64 officers and enlisted men
Armament	1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × 381 mm (15.0 in) torpedo tubes

Fauconneau was a Template:Sclass- built for the French Navy in the late 1890s.

During World War I, Fauconneau scuttled the French destroyer Fantassin in the Ionian Sea on 5 June 1915 after Fantassin suffered serious damage in a collision with the French destroyer Mameluck.

Bibliography

• Caresse, Philippe (2013). "The Unlucky Destroyer Espignole". In Jordan, John (ed.). Warship 2013. London: Conway. ISBN 978-1-84486-205-4.
• 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.