French destroyer Poignard
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Name | Poignard |
Namesake | Poignard |
Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
Laid down | May 1905 |
Launched | 3 July 1909 |
Stricken | 3 May 1926 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Branlebas-class destroyer |
Displacement | 350 t (344 long tons) |
Length | 58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p) |
Beam | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 2.96 m (9 ft 9 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) |
Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 60 |
Armament |
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Armor | Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in) |
Poignard was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- 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:
- Branlebas-class destroyers
- Ships built in France
- 1909 ships