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Monday, 14 August 2017

French destroyer Tirailleur with success executing trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad 1910-1911 no. 7

An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau reporting that the French destroyer Tirailleur achieved a maximum speed of 28,8 miles during her full speed trial. The contracted minimum speed was 28 miles.(1)

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1. Of the Voltigeur-class consisting of the Tirailleur and Voltigeur, preceded by the Spahi-class and succeeded by the Chasseur-class, laid down in 1906, launched by Forget et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France on 27 November 1908, completed in July 1910 and stricken in July 1921.