Английская Википедия:French destroyer Catapulte
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsCatapulte was a Шаблон:Sclass Шаблон:Lang built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1903, 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 Catapulte 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
Catapulte (Catapult) was ordered from Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée on 29 May 1901 and the ship was laid down later that year at its shipyard in Le Havre-Graville. She was launched on 1 April 1903 and conducted her sea trials during May–September 1903. 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, Catapulte was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Шаблон:Lang) of the 2nd Light Squadron (Шаблон:Lang)[6] based at Cherbourg.[5]
On 11 May 1918, Catapulte assisted several other ships in rescuing the survivors of the French troopship Шаблон:SS, which was carrying 2,025 troops when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of 605 lives by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM UC-54 26 nautical miles east of Cape Bon, French Tunisia.
On 18 May 1918, Catapulte collided with the British steamer Шаблон:SS. Both ships sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Bône, French Algeria.[7][8]
References
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