French destroyer Faulx

Sister ship Bouclier underway
History
France
Name:	Faulx
Namesake:	Scythe
Builder:	Établissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes
Laid down:	1909
Launched:	2 February 1911
Completed:	1912
Fate:	Sunk in a collision, 18 April 1918
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bouclier-class destroyer
Displacement:	732–809 t (720–796 long tons)
Length:	72.3–78.3 m (237 ft 2 in–256 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Beam:	7.6–8 m (24 ft 11 in–26 ft 3 in)
Draft:	2.9–3.3 m (9 ft 6 in–10 ft 10 in)
Installed power:	13,000 shp (9,694 kW) 4 water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 Rateau steam turbines
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	1,200–1,600 nmi (2,200–3,000 km; 1,400–1,800 mi) at 12–14 knots (22–26 km/h; 14–16 mph)
Complement:	80–83
Armament:	2 × 100 mm (3.9 in) Mle 1893 guns 4 × 65 mm (2.6 in) Mle 1902 guns 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Faulx was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She saw service in World War I.

On 18 April 1918, the French destroyer Mangani rammed and sank Faulx in the Strait of Otranto.^[1]

References

1. "French Navy". Naval History. Retrieved 21 February 2013.

Bibliography

• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. 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.