Rapière 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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 France | |
| Name | Rapière |
| Namesake | Rapier |
| Ordered | 8 June 1899 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 2 January 1900 |
| Launched | 16 July 1901 |
| Stricken | 27 October 1921 |
| Fate | Scrapped after 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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Construction and service
editWhen the First World War began in August 1914, Rapière was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (3e escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2e escadre légère)[1] based at Cherbourg.
References
edit- ^ Prévoteaux, Tome I, p. 34
Bibliography
edit- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome I 1914–1915 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book I 1914–1915]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 23. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-000-2.
- Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome II 1916–1918 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book II 1916–1918]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 27. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-001-9.
- Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.