French destroyer Enseigne Henry

History
Sister ship Mameluck at anchor
France
Name:	Enseigne Henry
Builder:	Arsenal de Rochefort
Launched:	12 May 1911
Completed:	April 1912
Struck:	June 1928
General characteristics
Class and type:	Spahi-class destroyer
Displacement:	539 t (530 long tons)
Length:	64 m (210 ft 0 in) (p/p)
Beam:	6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Draft:	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Installed power:	7,500 ihp (5,593 kW) 4 Guyot boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:	1,000–1,200 nmi (1,900–2,200 km; 1,200–1,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	77–79
Armament:	6 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Enseigne Henry was one of seven Spahi-class 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.

Spahi-class destroyers

Spahi Hussard Carabinier Mameluck Lansquenet Enseigne Henry Aspirant Herber

Preceded by: Branlebas class Followed by: Voltigeur class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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