A postcard of sister ship Chasseur at anchor
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History | |
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France | |
Name: | Fantassin |
Namesake: | Infantryman |
Builder: | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer |
Launched: | 17 June 1909 |
Completed: | June 1911 |
Fate: | Wrecked in a collision and then scuttled, 5 June 1915 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Chasseur-class destroyer |
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Length: | 65.4 m (214 ft 7 in) (p/p) |
Beam: | 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in) |
Draft: | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
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Propulsion: | 3 shafts; 3 Steam turbines |
Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range: | 1,400–1,500 nmi (2,600–2,800 km; 1,600–1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement: | 77–79 |
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Fantassin was one of four Chasseur-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
During World War I, Fantassin suffered damage when the French destroyer Mameluck rammed her in the Ionian Sea on 5 June 1915. The French destroyer Fauconneau consequently scuttled Fantassin.