Английская Википедия:French destroyer Baliste

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Baliste 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 initially 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 Baliste 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

Baliste (Ballista) was ordered from Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët on 29 May 1901 and the ship was laid down on 20 November 1902 at its shipyard in Rouen-Grand Quévilly. She was launched on 22 October 1903 and conducted her sea trials from December to June 1904. The ship was commissioned (Шаблон:Lang) after their completion and was assigned to the Northern Squadron.Шаблон:Sfn

By 1908, Baliste was serving in the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Northern Squadron.Шаблон:Sfn

In October 1914, Baliste was employed on patrols off the western end of the English Channel.[5] Later in the war she was based at Bizerte and then Salonika. She was stricken and sold for scrap on 30 October 1919.[6]

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Bibliography

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