French destroyer Mécanicien Principal Lestin

Sister ship Enseigne Roux at anchor
History
France
Name	Mécanicien Principal Lestin
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	12 November 1913
Launched	15 May 1915
Completed	1916
Stricken	1935
Fate	Scrapped after 1935
General characteristics (as built)
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Displacement	850 t (837 long tons) (normal) 1,075 t (1,058 long tons) (deep load)
Length	82.6 m (271 ft 0 in) (o/a)
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Installed power	17,000 PS (13,000 kW; 17,000 shp) 4 water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Steam turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	81
Armament	2 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) Mle 1893 guns 4 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1902 guns 2 × twin 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

The French destroyer Mécanicien Principal Lestin was the second of two Enseigne Roux-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the First World War.

References

• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1922. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

External links

• Enseigne Roux class on navypedia.org