French destroyer Fantassin

History
A postcard of sister ship Chasseur at anchor
France
Name:	Fantassin
Namesake:	Infantryman
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Launched:	17 June 1909
Completed:	June 1911
Fate:	Wrecked in a collision and then scuttled, 5 June 1916
General characteristics
Class and type:	Chasseur-class destroyer
Displacement:	457 t (450 long tons) (designed) 528 t (520 long tons) (deep load)
Length:	65.4 m (214 ft 7 in) (p/p)
Beam:	6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)
Draft:	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	7,200 shp (5,369 kW) 4 Normand boilers
Propulsion:	3 shafts; 3 Steam turbines
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:	1,400–1,500 nmi (2,600–2,800 km; 1,600–1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	77–79
Armament:	6 × 65 mm (2.6 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Fantassin was one of four Chasseur-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.

Chasseur-class destroyers

French Navy	Chasseur Janissaire Fantassin Cavalier Actée

Peruvian Navy	Teniente Rodríguez (ex-Actée)

Preceded by: Voltigeur class Followed by: Bouclier class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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