French destroyer Francisque
 A postcard of Francisque underway
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| History | |
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| Name | Francisque |
| Namesake | Francisca |
| Ordered | 1901 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 1902 |
| Launched | 2 March 1904 |
| Stricken | 4 April 1921 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 10 July 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arquebuse-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 357 deep load ) |
| Length | 56.58 m (185 ft 8 in) ( o/a ) |
| Beam | 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) (deep load) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers and 58 enlisted men |
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Francisque was a Arquebuse-class destroyer contre-torpilleur d'escadre built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1904, the ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée).
Design and description
The Arquebuse
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The main armament of the Arquebuse-class ships consisted of a single 65-millimeter (2.6 in) gun forward of the
Construction and career
Francisque (
laid down on 5 February 1903. She was launched on 2 March 1904 and conducted her sea trials during March–April. The ship was commissioned (armement définitif) after their completion and was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron.[5]
When the First World War began in August 1914, Francisque was one of the leaders (divisionnaire) in the 1st Submarine Flotilla (1ère escadrille sous-marins) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2e escadre légère)[6] based at Cherbourg.[5]
References
Bibliography
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- 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.
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