A postcard of Mousquet underway
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History | |
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France | |
Name | Mousquet |
Namesake | Musket |
Ordered | 14 November 1900 |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes |
Laid down | November 1900 |
Launched | 7 August 1902 |
Commissioned | June 1903 |
Fate | Sunk by SMS Emden during the Battle of Penang, 28 October 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Arquebuse-class destroyer |
Displacement | 357 t (351 long tons) (deep load) |
Length | 56.58 m (185 ft 8 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) (deep load) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 4 officers and 58 enlisted men |
Armament |
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Mousquet was an Arquebuse-class destroyer built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1903, the ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron, but was transferred to the Far East the following year. She was sunk by the Imperial German Navy cruiser SMS Emden during the Battle of Penang in 1914, a few months after the beginning of World War I.