French destroyer Sabre
 A postcard of Sabre underway in harbor
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| History | |
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| Name | Sabre |
| Namesake | Sabre |
| Ordered | 1901 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 1902 |
| Launched | 15 April 1904 |
| Stricken | 5 January 1921 |
| 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) |
| Installed power |
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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 |
| Armament |
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Sabre 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 Far Eastern Division (Division Navale d’Extrême-Orient). She returned to France in 1907 and was assigned to the Northern Squadron (Escadre du Nord). Sabre became part of a local defense unit (Défense mobile) in Brittany four years later.
When the
First World War began in August 1914, the ship was one of the leaders of a submarine flotilla, but was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet (Escadre de la Méditerranée) in 1915. She was assigned to a patrol squadron in 1918 and was sold for scrap
in 1921.
Design and description
The Arquebuse
enlisted men.[1]
The main armament of the Arquebuse-class ships consisted of a single 65-millimeter (2.6 in) gun forward of the
Construction and career
Sabre (
Saigon, French Indochina, by the protected cruiser Descartes from 10 September to 25 December. The destroyer was transferred to the Northern Squadron in 1907 and was assigned to the local defense unit at Brest in 1911.[5]
In June 1913,navy list on 15 January 1921 and sold for scrap on 1 June.[5]
References
Bibliography
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