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Tuesday, 19 February 2019

French destroyer Faulx executed trials according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1912 No. 11

An item reported that the French destroyer Faulx executed on 19th September off the Ile de Froix a full speed trial achieving a maximum speed of 32,1 knots which was 1,1 knots above the contracted speed.(1)

Note
1. Part of the Bouclier or Casque-class, preceded by Chasseur-class, succeeded by Bisson-class, laid down by Etablissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes, France in 1909, launched on 2 February 1911m completed in 1912 and sunk in a collision with the French destroyer Mangani in the Strait of Otranto on 18 April 1918.