French destroyer Fourche
Sister ship Bouclier underway | |
History | |
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France | |
Name: | Fourche |
Namesake: | Pitchfork |
Builder: | Établissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes |
Laid down: | 1909 |
Launched: | 21 October 1910 |
Completed: | 1912 |
Fate: | Sunk by U-15, 23 June 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Bouclier-class destroyer |
Displacement: | 732–809 t (720–796 long tons) |
Length: | 72.3–78.3 m (237 ft 2 in–256 ft 11 in) (o/a) |
Beam: | 7.6–8 m (24 ft 11 in–26 ft 3 in) |
Draft: | 2.9–3.3 m (9 ft 6 in–10 ft 10 in) |
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Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 Rateau steam turbines |
Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range: | 1,200–1,600 nmi (2,200–3,000 km; 1,400–1,800 mi) at 12–14 knots (22–26 km/h; 14–16 mph) |
Complement: | 80–83 |
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Fourche was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
During World War I, Fourche was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Otranto (40°09′N 18°48′E / 40.150°N 18.800°E) by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine SM U-15 on 23 June 1916.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. 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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