French destroyer Fourche

French destroyer Fourche
Sister ship Bouclier underway
Career (France)
Name:	Fourche
Namesake:	Pitchfork
Builder:	Établissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes
Laid down:	1909
Launched:	21 October 1910
Completed:	1912
Fate:	Sunk by U-15, 23 June 1916
General characteristics
Class & type:	Bouclier-class destroyer
Displacement:	732–809 t (720–796 long tons)
Length:	72.3–78.3 m (237 ft 2 in–256 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Beam:	7.6–8 m (24 ft 11 in–26 ft 3 in)
Draft:	2.9–3.3 m (9 ft 6 in–10 ft 10 in)
Installed power:	13,000 shp (9,694 kW) 4 water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 Rateau steam turbines
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	1,200–1,600 nmi (2,200–3,000 km; 1,400–1,800 mi) at 12–14 knots (22–26 km/h; 14–16 mph)
Complement:	80–83
Armament:	2 × 100 mm (3.9 in) Mle 1893 guns 4 × 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1902 guns 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Fourche was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

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.