French destroyer Enseigne Roux

The French destroyer Enseigne Roux was the name ship of her class of three destroyers built for the French Navy during the First World War.

Design and description

The Enseigne Roux class were an enlarged version of the preceding. The ships had an overall length of, a beam of, and a draft of. They displaced at normal load. Their crew numbered 76–81 men.
The ships were powered by a pair of Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four water-tube boilers. The engines were designed to produce which was intended to give the ships a speed of. During her sea trials, Enseigne Roux reached a speed of. The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at cruising speeds of.
The primary armament of the Enseigne Roux-class ships consisted of two [Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891|] Modèle 1893 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure, and four Modèle 1902 guns distributed amidships. They were also fitted with two twin mounts for torpedo tubes amidships.

Construction and career

Enseigne Roux was ordered from the Arsenal de Rochefort and was laid down on 13 December 1913. The ship was launched on 13 July 1915 and completed the following year. She spent the war assigned to the Dunkirk Flotilla, defending the English Channel.