French destroyer Mousquet

Mousquet was a Arquebuse-class destroyer built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

A postcard of Mousquet underway
History
France
Name: Mousquet
Namesake: Musket
Ordered: 1900
Builder: Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Laid down: November 1900
Launched: 7 August 1902
Fate: Sunk by SMS Emden during the Battle of Penang, 28 October 1914
General characteristics
Class and type: Arquebuse-class destroyer
Displacement: 323 t (318 long tons)
Length: 58.26 m (191 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam: 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in)
Draft: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range: 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 60
Armament:
Mousquet memorial in front of the Church of the Assumption (Penang)

During World War I, the Imperial German Navy light cruiser SMS Emden sank Mousquet with gunfire off the Straits Settlements during the Battle of Penang on 28 October 1914. Emden rescued 33 survivors from Mousquet.[1]

References
  1. "Exploits of the Emden". The Times (40786). London. 24 February 1915. col E, p. 6.

Bibliography
  • Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
  • Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. 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.

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