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Mousquet

Mousquet

Sunk

French Navy

TypeDestroyer
WarFirst World War
Main guns1 × 2.6″ gun

Sunk by Emden off Penang.

French destroyer Mousquet, famous for her fight against SM Emden Photo: Alexandre Bougault, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 2 × single 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes
BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Laid downNovember 1900
Launched7 August 1902
CommissionedJune 1903
Displacement357 t (351 long tons) (deep load)
Length56.58 m (185 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement4 officers and 58 enlisted men

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

Career

Launched

7 August 1902

28 October 1914