French destroyer Tirailleur

History

France
Name:	Tirailleur
Namesake:	Tirailleur
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux
Launched:	27 November 1908
Completed:	July 1910
Struck:	July 1921
General characteristics
Class and type:	Voltigeur-class destroyer
Displacement:	457 t (450 long tons) (designed) 599 t (590 long tons) (deep load)
Length:	63 m (206 ft 8 in) (p/p)
Beam:	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draft:	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power:	7,500 shp (5,593 kW) 4 Du Temple boilers
Propulsion:	3 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines and 1 steam turbine
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:	1,520 nmi (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	76–77
Armament:	6 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Tirailleur was one of two Voltigeur-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

References

Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

Voltigeur-class destroyers

Tirailleur Voltigeur

Preceded by: Spahi class Followed by: Chasseur class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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