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French destroyer Hussard
Sister ship Mameluck at anchor
Career (France)
Name: Hussard
Namesake: Hussar
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Launched: 30 April 1912
Completed: August 1912
Struck: March 1922
General characteristics
Class & type: Spahi-class destroyer
Displacement: 539 t (530 long tons)
Length: 65.8 m (215 ft 11 in) (p/p)
Beam: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Draft: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power:
  • 7,500 ihp (5,593 kW)
  • 4 Du Temple boilers
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range: 1,000–1,200 nmi (1,900–2,200 km; 1,200–1,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 77–79
Armament:
  • 6 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Hussard was one of seven Spahi-class 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. 


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