Английская Википедия:French destroyer Bélier

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Bélier was a Шаблон:Sclass Шаблон:Lang built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1904, the ship was assigned to the Northern Squadron (Шаблон:Lang).

Design and description

The Arquebuse class was designed as a faster version of the preceding Шаблон:Sclass. The ships had an overall length of Шаблон:Convert,[1] a beam of Шаблон:Convert, and a maximum draft of Шаблон:Convert.[2] They normally displaced Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Cvt at deep load. The two vertical triple-expansion steam engines each drove one propeller shaft using steam provided by two du Temple Guyot or Normand boilers. The engines were designed to produce a total of Шаблон:Convert[1] for a designed speed of Шаблон:Convert,[3] all the ships exceeded their contracted speed during their sea trials[1] with Bélier reaching a speed of Шаблон:Convert. They carried enough coal to give them a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[4] Their crew consisted of four officers and fifty-eight enlisted men.[1]

The main armament of the Arquebuse-class ships consisted of a single Шаблон:Convert gun forward of the bridge and six [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss|Шаблон:Convert]] Hotchkiss guns in single mounts, three on each broadside. They were fitted with two single rotating mounts for Шаблон:Convert torpedo tubes on the centerline, one between the funnels and the other on the stern.[1]

Construction and career

Bélier (Battering ram) was ordered from Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire on 22 May 1901 and the ship was laid down in September at its shipyard in Nantes. She was launched on 29 May 1903 and conducted her sea trials during January–March 1904. The ship was commissioned (Шаблон:Lang) the following month after their completion and was assigned to the Northern Squadron.[5]

When the First World War began in August 1914, Bélier was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Шаблон:Lang) of the 2nd Light Squadron (Шаблон:Lang)[6] based at Cherbourg.[5]

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Bibliography

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 Roberts, p. 377
  2. Couhat, p. 86
  3. Stanglini & Cosentino, p. 227
  4. Couhat, pp. 86–87
  5. 5,0 5,1 Roberts, p. 379
  6. Prévoteaux, Tome I, p. 34