Ships
/

Boutefeu

Boutefeu

Sunk

French Navy

TypeDestroyer
WarFirst World War
Main guns2 × 3.9″ guns

Mined and sunk during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto, 1917.

Three Bouclier-class destroyers in Toulon: Boutefeu (BF), Cimeterre (CM) and Faulx (FX) Photo: Agence Rol, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

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
BuilderDyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Laid down1909
Launched2 May 1911
Displacement720–756 t (709–744 long tons)
Length72.3–78.3 m (237 ft 2 in – 256 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement80–83

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

2 May 1911