Aventurier-class destroyer
 Aventurier-class destroyer Temeraire | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Aventurier class |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 930 tonnes (915 long tons) |
| Length: | 88.5 m (290 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 steam turbines 5 White-Foster Wheeler boilers 18,000 shp (13 MW) |
| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) |
| Range: | 1,850 nm at 10 knots |
| Complement: | 140 |
| Armament: | 4 × 100 mm (4 in) guns 4 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
The Aventurier class was a class of four destroyers of the French Navy launched in 1911, and used during the First World War. Originally ordered by Argentina, they were taken over by the French on the outbreak of war in August 1914, completed with French armament and renamed.[1]
The class was significantly heavier armed than other French destroyers of the period. It carried four 100 mm (4 in) guns, one on the forecastle, one between the funnels, and two on the quarterdeck, in front and behind the searchlight platform. Two pairs of 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes completed the initial armament. In December 1914 a 47 mm (1.9 in) gun was added for anti-aircraft defence.
Ships
| Name | Formerly | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opiniatre[2] | La Rioja | 1911 | Broken up, 1935 |
| Aventurier | Mendoza | 18 February 1911 | Broken up, 1940 |
| Temeraire | San Juan | 8 December 1911 | Struck, 1936 |
| Intrepide | Salta | 25 September 1911 | Broken up, 1938 |
References
- ↑ "French Navy in World War I". naval-history.net. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
- ↑ "French Destroyers". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
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