French destroyer Gabion
 Sister ship Sape underway
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| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Gabion |
| Namesake | Gabion |
| Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Rouen |
| Laid down | December 1905 |
| Launched | 21 December 1907 |
| Stricken | 14 May 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Branlebas-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 350 t (344 long tons) |
| Length | 58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p) |
| Beam | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 2.96 m (9 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) |
| Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 60 |
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| Armor | Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in) |
Gabion was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
Construction and career
[edit]When the First World War began in August 1914, Gabion was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (2e escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2e escadre légère)[1] based at Cherbourg.
References
[edit]- ^ Prévoteaux, Tome I, p. 34
Bibliography
[edit]- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome I 1914–1915 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book I 1914–1915]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 23. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-000-2.
- Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome II 1916–1918 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book II 1916–1918]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 27. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-001-9.
- Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.