French destroyer Renaudin

History
France
Name: Renaudin
Builder: Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down: February 1911
Launched: 20 March 1913
Completed: 1913
Fate: Sunk by U-6, 18 March 1916
General characteristics
Class and type: Bisson-class destroyer
Displacement: 768–804 t (756–791 long tons)
Length: 78.1 m (256 ft 3 in) (p/p)
Beam: 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 Breguet steam turbines
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 1,950 nmi (3,610 km; 2,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement: 80–83
Armament:
  • 2 × 100 mm (3.9 in) Mle 1893 guns
  • 4 × 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1902 guns
  • 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Renaudin was one of six Bisson-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1910s.

During World War I, Renaudin was torpedoed and sunk in the Adriatic Sea off Durrës, Albania (41°17′N 19°22′E / 41.283°N 19.367°E / 41.283; 19.367) by the Austro-Hungarian Navy submarine SM U-6 on 18 March 1916.[1]

References

  1. "Renaudin". Uboat.net. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

Bibliography

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