French destroyer Janissaire

A postcard of sister ship Chasseur at anchor
History
France
Name	Janissaire
Namesake	Janissary
Builder	Ateliers et Chantier de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire
Launched	12 April 1910
Completed	June 1911
Stricken	October 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	457 t (450 long tons) (designed) 528 t (520 long tons) (deep load)
Length	64.5 m (211 ft 7 in) (p/p)
Beam	6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power	7,200 shp (5,369 kW) 3 Foster-Wheeler boilers
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 Steam turbines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	1,400–1,500 nmi (2,600–2,800 km; 1,600–1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	77–79
Armament	6 × 65 mm (2.6 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

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

Bibliography

• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. 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)