French destroyer Francisque

A postcard of Francisque underway
History
France
Name: Francisque
Namesake: Francisca
Ordered: 1901
Builder: Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down: 1902
Launched: 2 March 1904
Struck: 4 April 1921
Fate: Sold for scrap, 10 July 1922
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:
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

Francisque was one of 20 Arquebuse-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

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