French destroyer Spahi

History
Sister ship Mameluck at anchor
France
Name:	Spahi
Namesake:	Spahi
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer
Launched:	3 May 1908
Completed:	July 1910
Struck:	December 1927
General characteristics
Class and type:	Spahi-class destroyer
Displacement:	539 t (530 long tons)
Length:	64.6 m (211 ft 11 in) (p/p)
Beam:	6.05 m (19 ft 10 in)
Draft:	2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)
Installed power:	9,000 ihp (6,711 kW) 4 Normand boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed:	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range:	1,000–1,200 nmi (1,900–2,200 km; 1,200–1,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement:	77–79
Armament:	6 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Spahi was the name ship of her class of destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

References

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.

Spahi-class destroyers

Spahi Hussard Carabinier Mameluck Lansquenet Enseigne Henry Aspirant Herber

Preceded by: Branlebas class Followed by: Voltigeur class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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