French destroyer Rapière
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Rapière |
| Namesake | Rapier |
| Ordered | 8 June 1899 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 2 January 1900 |
| Launched | 16 July 1901 |
| Stricken | 27 October 1921 |
| Fate | Scrapped after 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pertuisane-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 301 long tons (306 t) |
| Length | 57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power |
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| 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 | 52 |
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Rapière was a Pertuisane-class destroyer built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.
Construction and service
[edit]When the First World War began in August 1914, Rapière was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (3e escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2e escadre légère)[1] based at Cherbourg.
References
[edit]- ^ Prévoteaux, Tome I, p. 34
Bibliography
[edit]- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome I 1914–1915 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book I 1914–1915]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 23. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-000-2.
- Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome II 1916–1918 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book II 1916–1918]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 27. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-001-9.
- Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.