French destroyer Mousquet

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Mousquet-Bougault.jpg
A postcard of Mousquet underway
History
France
NameMousquet
NamesakeMusket
Ordered1900
BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Laid downNovember 1900
Launched7 August 1902
FateSunk by SMS Emden during the Battle of Penang, 28 October 1914
General characteristics
Class and type Arquebuse-class destroyer
Displacement323 t (318 long tons)
Length58.26 m (191 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam6.38 m (20 ft 11 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power
  • 6,300 ihp (4,698 kW)
  • 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement60
Armament
Mousquet memorial in front of the Church of the Assumption (Penang)

Mousquet was a Arquebuse-class destroyer built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Service history[]

In 1911, Mousquet was serving with the Naval Division of the Far East, based in French Indochina. At that time, the unit consisted of the armored cruisers Dupleix and Kléber, the old torpedo cruiser D'Iberville, two other destroyers, six torpedo boats, and four submarines, along with a number of smaller vessels.[1]

During World War I, the Imperial German Navy light cruiser SMS Emden sank Mousquet with gunfire off the Straits Settlements during the Battle of Penang on 28 October 1914. Emden rescued 33 survivors from Mousquet.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Burgoyne, p. 66.
  2. ^ "Exploits of the Emden". The Times (40786). London. 24 February 1915. col E, p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

Bibliography[]

  • Burgoyne, Alan H., ed. (1911). "The French Navy". The Navy League Annual. London: John Murray. V: 57–66. OCLC 809125514.
  • 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.
  • Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

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