French destroyer Escopette
Escopette was a Pertuisane-class destroyer built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.
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| History | |
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| Name: | Escopette |
| Namesake: | Early carbine used by French cavalry |
| Ordered: | 8 June 1899 |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down: | January 1900 |
| Launched: | 20 December 1900 |
| Stricken: | 4 April 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Pertuisane-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 301 long tons (306 t) |
| Length: | 57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Draft: | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| 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: | 52 |
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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.
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