French destroyer Arquebuse

History
Arquebus at anchor
France
Name:	Arquebuse
Namesake:	Arquebus
Ordered:	1900
Builder:	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Laid down:	1901
Launched:	15 November 1902
Struck:	10 May 1920
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 2 March 1921
General characteristics
Class and type:	Arquebuse-class destroyer
Displacement:	323 t (318 long tons)
Length:	58.26 m (191 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam:	6.38 m (20 ft 11 in)
Draft:	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power:	6,300 ihp (4,698 kW) 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
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:	60
Armament:	1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × single 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Arquebuse was the name ship of her class of 20 destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

References

Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

Arquebuse-class destroyers

Carabine Mousquet Dard Javeline Harpon Mousqueton Arquebuse Sagaie Fronde Épieu Sarbacane Catapulte Arbalète Bélier Pistolet Bombarde Baliste Arc Francisque Sabre

Preceded by: Pertuisane class Followed by: Claymore class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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