French destroyer Bouclier

History
Bouclier underway
France
Name:	Bouclier
Namesake:	Shield
Builder:	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Laid down:	1909
Launched:	29 June 1911
Completed:	1911
Struck:	15 February 1933
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bouclier-class destroyer
Displacement:	732–809 t (720–796 long tons)
Length:	72.32 m (237 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam:	7.6–8 m (24 ft 11 in–26 ft 3 in)
Draft:	2.9–3.3 m (9 ft 6 in–10 ft 10 in)
Installed power:	13,000 shp (9,694 kW) 4 water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	3 shafts; 3 Parsons Steam turbines
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	1,200–1,600 nmi (2,200–3,000 km; 1,400–1,800 mi) at 12–14 knots (22–26 km/h; 14–16 mph)
Complement:	80–83
Armament:	2 × 100 mm (3.9 in) Mle 1893 guns 4 × 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1902 guns 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

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

References

Bibliography

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.

Bouclier-class destroyers

Casque Fourche Faulx Boutefeu Cimeterre Dague Bouclier Dehorter Capitaine Mehl Commandant Bory Francis Garnier Commandant Rivière

Preceded by: Chasseur class Followed by: Bisson class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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