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History
French destroyer FantassinFrance
NameFantassin
NamesakeInfantryman
Ordered30 October 1907
BuilderForges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Le Havre-Graville
Laid down1907
Launched17 June 1909
CompletedJune 1911
FateWrecked in a collision and then scuttled, 5 June 1915
General characteristics
Class and typeChasseur-class destroyer
Displacement494 t (486 long tons) (normal)
Length68.95 m (226 ft 3 in) (o/a)
Beam6.875 m (22 ft 6.7 in)
Draft2.545 m (8 ft 4.2 in) (mean)
Installed power
  • 4 Normand boilers
  • 8,600 shp (6,413 kW)
Propulsion3 shafts; 4 steam turbines
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range1,520 nmi (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement3 officers, 65 enlisted men
Armament
  • 6 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) guns
  • 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

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, she had to be scuttled by another French ship after being badly damaged during a collision in 1915.

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