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French destroyer Touareg

January 01, 1970

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Touareg.

The French destroyer Touareg was one of a dozen Arabe-class destroyers built for the French Navy in Japan during the First World War.

Sister ship Algérien in 1917
History
France
NameTouareg
NamesakeTuareg people
Ordered1916
BuilderMitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan
Laid down1917
Launched9 June 1917
Completed1917
In service18 October 1917
Stricken27 August 1935
FateScrapped after 1935
General characteristics
Class and typeArabe-class destroyer
Displacement685 t (674 long tons)
Length
  • 82.26 m (269 ft 11 in) (o/a)
  • 79.4 m (260 ft 6 in) (p/p)
Beam7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draft2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement109
Armament

Design and description edit

The Arabe-class ships had an overall length of 82.26 meters (269 ft 11 in), a length between perpendiculars of 79.4 meters (260 ft 6 in) a beam of 7.33 meters (24 ft 1 in), and a draft of 2.39 meters (7 ft 10 in).[1] The ships displaced 865 metric tons (851 long tons) at normal load.[2] They were powered by three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four mixed-firing Kampon Yarrow-type boilers. The engines were designed to produce 10,000 metric horsepower (7,400 kW; 9,900 shp), which would propel the ships at 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). During their sea trials, the Arabe class reached 29.16–30.44 knots (54.00–56.37 km/h; 33.56–35.03 mph).[3] The ships carried enough coal and fuel oil which gave them a range of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).[4] Their crew consisted of 5 officers and 104 crewmen.[5]

The main armament of the Arabe-class ships was a single Type 41 12-centimeter (4.7 in) gun, mounted before the bridge on the forecastle. Their secondary armament consisted of four Type 41 76-millimeter (3 in) guns in single mounts; two of these were positioned abreast the middle funnel and the others were on the centerline further aft. One of these latter guns was on a high-angle mount and served as an anti-aircraft gun. The ships carried two above-water twin mounts for 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. In 1917–1918, a rack for eight 75-kilogram (165 lb) depth charges was added.[6]

Construction and career edit

Touareg was ordered from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and was laid down at its Nagasaki shipyard in 1917[4] The ship was launched on 9 June and was completed on 18 October. She was stricken on 27 August 1935 and subsequently broken up for scrap.[7]

Citations edit

  1. ^ Garier, p. 33
  2. ^ Smigielski, p. 205
  3. ^ Garier, pp. 34, 36
  4. ^ a b Couhat, p. 118
  5. ^ Garier, p. 37
  6. ^ Garier, pp. 36–37
  7. ^ Garier, p. 34

References edit

  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
  • Garier, Gérard (March 2001). "Les torpilleurs d'escadre français de construction japonaise: Le type 'Algérien' (1917 / 1936)". Navires & Historie. 06. Lela Presse: 33–51. ISSN 1280-4290.
  • Smigielski, Adam (1985). "France". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 190–220. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

External links edit

  • naval-history.net

January 01, 1970
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