| French destroyer Tirailleur | |
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| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Tirailleur |
| Namesake: | Tirailleur |
| Builder: | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux |
| Launched: | 27 November 1908 |
| Completed: | July 1910 |
| Struck: | July 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Voltigeur-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 63 m (206 ft 8 in) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 3 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines and 1 steam turbine |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range: | 1,520 nmi (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 76–77 |
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Tirailleur was one of two Voltigeur-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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