French destroyer Voltigeur

History

France
Name:	Voltigeur
Namesake:	Voltigeur
Builder:	Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes
Launched:	23 March 1909
Completed:	April 1910
Struck:	May 1920
General characteristics
Class and type:	Voltigeur-class destroyer
Displacement:	457 t (450 long tons) (designed) 599 t (590 long tons) (deep load)
Length:	65.5 m (214 ft 11 in) (p/p)
Beam:	6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Draft:	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	7,500 shp (5,593 kW) 4 Normand boilers
Propulsion:	3 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines and 1 steam turbine
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:	1,520 nmi (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	76–77
Armament:	6 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Voltigeur 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.

Voltigeur-class destroyers

Tirailleur Voltigeur

Preceded by: Spahi class Followed by: Chasseur class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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