french destroyer class destroyer built french_navy late 1890s commissioned saw years service running aground sinking captain acquitted court martial seven years later multiple salvage attempts failed legal dispute arising attempt settled design description overall length meters beam meters maximum draft meters displaced metric tons long tons deep load triple expansion steam engines driving shaft designed produce metric horsepower steam provided water tube boilers ship designed speed knots mph reached knots mph sea trials august september ship carried metric tons long tons coal range nautical miles knots mph hull subdivided watertight transverse bulkheads crew officers enlisted men carried single millimeter gun forward bridge gun maximum range meters rate fire rounds minute ship carried rounds gun mounted millimeter hotchkiss guns broadside guns sustained rate fire seven rounds minute maximum range meters carried total rounds ammunition mounted single millimeter torpedo tubes funnels stern torpedoes carried air charged process took hours modèle torpedo weight kilograms construction career ship laid shipyard class destroyers named french type ships class named weapons launched june completed september ran speed trials construction costs assigned mediterranean_fleet december number port visits france french north_africa rudder damaged striking repair september october 1st command rear admiral consisting battleships armored cruiser escorted destroyer ordered proceed port island ottoman_empire landed companies marines occupied major ports island november agreed enforce contracts french companies repay loans french banks ships number port visits including islands addition ports returned toulon december ship refitted april resumed normal routine port visits lieutenant relieved june refitted november december port visit early resuming training ship struck rock sur february outside channel ripped hole meter hull coal ammunition guns thrown overboard ship sister ship attempted pull broke moving roughly meters injuring crewmen rescued man crew ship sank coordinates finally acquitted court martial seven years ship ran aground initial salvage attempts unsuccessful struck naval register september navy sold wreck auction december decided offer escalating series bonuses winner ship deliver intact salvage company successful abandoned effort months work company claimed navy disturbed wreck sued plus damages dispute settled march
French destroyer Espingole