French destroyer Kabyle

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Kabyle (2nd from right) and three sister ships in Gdynia, Poland, in 1931
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NameKabyle
Namesake Kabyle people
Ordered1916
Builder Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
Laid down1917
Launched7 June 1917
Completed1917
In service25 July 1917
Stricken14 June 1936
Fate Scrapped after 1936
General characteristics
Class and type Arabe-class destroyer
Displacement685  t (674 long tons)
Length
  • 82.26 m (269 ft 11 in) (o/a)
  • 79.4 m (260 ft 6 in) (p/p)
Beam7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draft2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range2,000  nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement109
Armament

The French destroyer Kabyle was one of a dozen Arabe-class destroyers built for the French Navy in Japan during the First World War.

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Design and description

The Arabe-class ships had an overall length of 82.26 meters (269 ft 11 in), a length between perpendiculars of 79.4 meters (260 ft 6 in) a beam of 7.33 meters (24 ft 1 in), and a draft of 2.39 meters (7 ft 10 in). [1] The ships displaced 865 metric tons (851 long tons ) at normal load. [2] They were powered by three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four mixed-firing Kampon Yarrow-type boilers. The engines were designed to produce 10,000 metric horsepower (7,400  kW ; 9,900  shp ), which would propel the ships at 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). During their sea trials, the Arabe class reached 29.16–30.44 knots (54.00–56.37 km/h; 33.56–35.03 mph). [3] The ships carried enough coal and fuel oil which gave them a range of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph). [4] Their crew consisted of 5 officers and 104 crewmen. [5]

The main armament of the Arabe-class ships was a single Type 41 12-centimeter (4.7 in) gun, mounted before the bridge on the forecastle. Their secondary armament consisted of four Type 41 76-millimeter (3 in) guns in single mounts; two of these were positioned abreast the middle funnel and the others were on the centerline further aft. One of these latter guns was on a high-angle mount and served as an anti-aircraft gun. The ships carried two above-water twin mounts for 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. In 1917–18, a rack for eight 75-kilogram (165 lb) depth charges was added. [6]

Construction and career

Kabyle, followed by another Arabe-class destroyer (probably Senegalais), in Le Havre, 1921 25-7-1921, Le Havre, revue navale, les torpilleurs d'escadre - Kabyle (cropped).jpg
Kabyle, followed by another Arabe-class destroyer (probably Sénégalais), in Le Havre, 1921

Kabyle was ordered from Sasebo Naval Arsenal [4] and was launched on 7 June 1917 and completed on 25 July. She was stricken on 14 June 1936 and subsequently broken up for scrap. [7]

Citations

  1. ↑ Garier, p. 33
  2. ↑ Smigielski, p. 205
  3. ↑ Garier, pp. 34, 36
  4. 1 2 Couhat, p. 118
  5. ↑ Garier, p. 37
  6. ↑ Garier, pp. 36–37
  7. ↑ Garier, p. 34

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