French destroyer Enseigne Gabolde
Enseigne Gabolde was a destroyer built for the French Navy. Originally laid down in 1914 as a member of the, construction was suspended in 1914 when the First World War began and was not resumed to a modified design until after the war. She was condemned in 1938 and subsequently scrapped.
Design and description
Enseigne Gabolde had an overall length of, a beam of, and a draft of. She displaced at normal load and her crew numbered 80 men.The ship was powered by a pair of Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four Normand boilers. The engines were designed to produce which was intended to give her a speed of. During her sea trials, Enseigne Gabolde reached a speed in excess of from. The ship stowed of fuel oil that gave her a range of at cruising speeds of.
The primary armament of Enseigne Gabolde consisted of three [Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891|] Modèle 1893 guns in single mounts, one superfiring pair forward of the superstructure and the remaining gun on a platform on the stern. For anti-aircraft defense she was equipped with a single AA gun. The ship was also fitted with two twin mounts for torpedo tubes amidships.