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Sister ship Sape underway
History
France
NameFanion
Namesake Pennon
Builder Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Laid downDecember 1905
Launched4 May 1908
Stricken27 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type Branlebas-class destroyer
Displacement350  t (344 long tons)
Length58 m (190 ft 3 in) ( p/p)
Beam6.28 m (20 ft 7 in)
Draft2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range2,100  nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement60
Armament
Armor Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)

Fanion was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Construction and career

When the First World War began in August 1914, Fanion was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (2e escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2e escadre légère) [1] based at Cherbourg.

References

  1. ^ Prévoteaux, Tome I, p. 34

Bibliography

  • Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333. ISBN  0-8317-0302-4.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN  0-7110-0445-5.
  • Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome I 1914–1915 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book I 1914–1915]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 23. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN  978-2-37468-000-2.
  • Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome II 1916–1918 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book II 1916–1918]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 27. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN  978-2-37468-001-9.
  • Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN  978-1-5267-4533-0.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to the Present Day]. Vol. II: 1870–2006. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN  978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC  165892922.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sister ship Sape underway
History
France
NameFanion
Namesake Pennon
Builder Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Laid downDecember 1905
Launched4 May 1908
Stricken27 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type Branlebas-class destroyer
Displacement350  t (344 long tons)
Length58 m (190 ft 3 in) ( p/p)
Beam6.28 m (20 ft 7 in)
Draft2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range2,100  nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement60
Armament
Armor Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)

Fanion was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Construction and career

When the First World War began in August 1914, Fanion was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (2e escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2e escadre légère) [1] based at Cherbourg.

References

  1. ^ Prévoteaux, Tome I, p. 34

Bibliography

  • Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333. ISBN  0-8317-0302-4.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN  0-7110-0445-5.
  • Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome I 1914–1915 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book I 1914–1915]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 23. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN  978-2-37468-000-2.
  • Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome II 1916–1918 [The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book II 1916–1918]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 27. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN  978-2-37468-001-9.
  • Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN  978-1-5267-4533-0.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours [Dictionary of French Warships from Colbert to the Present Day]. Vol. II: 1870–2006. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN  978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC  165892922.

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