An item reported that the French destroyer Fourche in the first week of October exercised with firing at a balloon connected to a towing line which was towed wit a speed of 30 knots underway from Carqueirance towards Sicilia. With a balloon on a distance of 1 kilometres was first fired with guns and than with machineguns both without any hits. The distance was too large for the 7,5cm gun, yet passed the shells the balloon on such a short distance that between the 25 and 29 shots the cable broke.(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 21 October 1910, completed in 1912 and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian submarine SM U-15 on 23 June 1915 in the Adriatic Sea 20 nautical miles east of Otranto.
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 21 October 1910, completed in 1912 and sunk by the Austro-Hungarian submarine SM U-15 on 23 June 1915 in the Adriatic Sea 20 nautical miles east of Otranto.
