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Wednesday, 31 October 2012

French destroyer Commandant Rivière 1912-1933



Belonged to the Bouclier-class. Launched on 2 October 1912 at the shipyard Soc. de la Gironde, Bordeaux and finally stricken in June 1933. With a displacement of 679 tons were her dimensions 256 2/3’ x 25 2/3’ x 10’. The Brequet turbines and Du Temple-Guyot boilers supplied 14.500 shp (designed) while driving two screws allowing a speed of 31 knots while during the trials with 15.760 ship her maximum speed was 32.3 knots. Bunker capacity 140 tons oil. The armament consisted of 2-3.9” guns, 1-4pdr anti aircraft gun and 2x2-18” torpedo tubes. Her crew numbered 80-83 men. End twenties fitted out for minesweeping purposes.