French destroyer Pistolet
A postcard of sister ship Francisque underway
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Pistolet |
Namesake | Pistol |
Ordered | 1901 |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes |
Laid down | September 1901 |
Launched | 2 March 1904 |
Stricken | 19 September 1919 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 6 May 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arquebuse-class destroyer |
Displacement | 323 t (318 long tons) |
Length | 58.26 m (191 ft 2 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 60 |
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Pistolet was one of 20 Arquebuse-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
Service history[]
In 1911, Pistolet 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]
References[]
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.
Categories:
- Arquebuse-class destroyers
- Ships built in France
- 1903 ships