French destroyer Durandal
Sister ship Hallebarde departing Toulon
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Name | Durandal |
Namesake | Durendal |
Ordered | 25 August 1896 |
Builder | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre |
Launched | 11 February 1899 |
Stricken | 7 April 1919 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 22 February 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Durandal-class destroyer |
Displacement | 301 t (296 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 |
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Propulsion |
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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 |
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Durandal was the name ship of her class of four destroyers built for the French Navy in the late 1890s.
Design and description[]
The Durandal class was the first class of destroyers built for the French Navy, and formed part of the 300-tonne type of destroyers, of which 55 ships of similar size and layout were built between 1897 and 1908.[1][2] They were designed by the French specialist builder of torpedo vessels, Chantiers et Ateliers A. Normand, based on their torpedo boat design, but enlarged and with a stronger hull.[1]
The Durandals were 57.64 m (189.1 ft) long overall and 56 m (183.7 ft) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 5.95 m (19.5 ft) and a draft of 3.20 m (10.5 ft).[2] Displacement was 301 t (296 long tons).[3] Like all the 300 tonne destroyers, Durandal had a "turtleback"[a] forecastle and a raised flying-deck aft.[5] Two coal-fired Normand water-tube boilers fed steam to two triple-expansion steam engines rated at 4,800 ihp (3,600 kW), giving a design speed of 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h).[3] Two widely separated funnels were fitted.[3] The ships had an operating radius of 2,300 nmi (2,600 mi; 4,300 km) at 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) and 217 nmi (250 mi; 402 km) at 26 kn (30 mph; 48 km/h).[2]
Durandal had a gun armament of one Canon de 65 mm Modèle 1891 gun on a raised platform around the ship's conning tower, and six 47 mm (1.9 in)/40 M1885 guns on the ship's beams. Two 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes were fitted, with two spare torpedoes carried.[3][2] She had a crew of four officers and 48 other ranks.[2]
Construction and service[]
Durandal and sister ship Hallebarde were ordered on 25 August 1896, and Durandal was launched at Normand's Le Havre shipyard on 11 February 1899. She reached a speed of 27.42 knots (31.55 mph; 50.78 km/h) during sea trials on 4 July 1899.[2]
In July 1902, Durandal took part in the 1902 French naval manoeuvres in the Mediterranean.[6]
On the outbreak of the First World War, Durandal was based in the English Channel, deployed on anti-submarine duties.[7] On 12 October 1914, Durandal, the destroyer Escopette and the auxiliary cruiser Pas de Calais (a converted paddle packet ship), engaged the German submarine U-20 off Cap Gris-Nez.[8][9]
Notes[]
Citations[]
- ^ a b Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 323
- ^ a b c d e f Couhat 1974, p. 81
- ^ a b c d Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, p. 326
- ^ Gardiner & Lambert 1992, p. 188
- ^ Chesneau & Kolesnik 1979, pp. 323, 326
- ^ Brassey 1903, p. 140
- ^ Fock 1989, p. 379
- ^ Fock 1989, p. 380
- ^ Couhat 1974, pp. 80, 84
Bibliography[]
- Brassey, T. A., ed. (1903). The Naval Annual 1903. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co.
- 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.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Fock, Harald (1989). Z-Vor! Internationale Entwicklung und Kriegseinsätze von Zerstörern und Torpedobooten 1914 bis 1939 (in German). Herford, Germany: Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mBH. ISBN 3-7822-0207-4.
- Gardiner, Robert; Lambert, Andrew, eds. (1992). Steam, Steel & Shellfire: The Steam Warship 1815–1905. Conway's History of the Ship. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-564-0.
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