French destroyer Aventurier

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History
Civil and Naval Ensign of France.svgFrance
NameAventurier
Builder Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Launched18 February 1911
Completed29 September 1914
Stricken1938
Fate Scrapped, 1940
General characteristics
Class and type Aventurier-class destroyer
Displacement
Length88.5 m (290 ft 4 in) (o/a)
Beam8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range1,850  nmi (3,430 km; 2,130 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement140
Armament
  • 4 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) guns
  • 1 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) AA gun
  • 4 × single 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

The French destroyer Aventurier was the name ship of her class of four destroyers that was built for the Argentine Navy in the early 1910s. The ships were taken over by the French Navy after the start of the First World War in August 1914. She was scrapped in 1940.

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Design and description

The ships had an overall length of 88.5 meters (290 ft 4 in), a beam of 8.6 meters (28 ft 3 in), and a draft of 3.1 meters (10 ft 2 in). They displaced 930 metric tons (915 long tons ) at normal load and 1,250 t (1,230 long tons) at deep load. Their crew numbered 140 men. [1]

The ships were powered by a pair of Rateau steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by five mixed-firing Foster-Wheeler boilers. The engines were designed to produce 18,000 shaft horsepower (13,000  kW ) which was intended to give the ships a speed of 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph). The ships carried 230 t (226 long tons) of coal and 72 t (71 long tons) of fuel oil that gave them a range of 1,850 nautical miles (3,430 km; 2,130 mi) at a cruising speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). [2]

The primary armament of the Aventurier-class ships consisted of four 100-millimeter (3.9 in) guns in single mounts, one on the forecastle, one between the funnels, and two on the quarterdeck, in front and behind the searchlight platform. They were fitted with a 47-millimeter (1.9 in) AA gun for anti-aircraft defence. The ships were also equipped with four single mounts for 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes amidships. [1]

Construction and career

Aventurier was ordered from Dyle et Bacalan and was launched on 18 February 1911 with the name of Mendoza at its Bordeaux shipyard. The ship was completed on 29 September 1914. [2] She was stricken in 1938 and broken up for scrap in 1940. [1]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Smigielski, p. 204
  2. 1 2 Couhat, p. 117

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