French destroyer Renaudin

Sister ship Bisson in harbor
History
France
Name	Renaudin
Builder	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down	February 1911
Launched	20 March 1913
Completed	1913
Fate	Sunk by U-6, 18 March 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	768–804 t (756–791 long tons)
Length	78.1 m (256 ft 3 in) (p/p)
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power	15,000 shp (11,185 kW) 4 Indret water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Breguet steam turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,950 nmi (3,610 km; 2,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	80–83
Armament	2 × 100 mm (3.9 in) Mle 1893 guns 4 × 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1902 guns 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Renaudin was one of six Template:Sclass-s built for the French Navy during the 1910s.

During World War I, Renaudin was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Durrës, Albania (41°17′N 19°22′E) by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine SM U-6 on 18 March 1916.

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)