French destroyer Dague

Sister ship Bouclier underway
History
France
Name:	Dague
Namesake:	Dagger
Builder:	Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux
Laid down:	1909
Launched:	April 1910
Completed:	June 1911
Fate:	Sunk by a mine, 24 February 1915
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 Breguet 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

Dague was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

During World War I, Dague struck a mine at Bar, Montenegro, on 24 February 1915 and sank with the loss of 38 of her crew.^[1]

References

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. 

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1915
Shipwrecks	6 Feb HMS Erne 19 Feb: HMS Goldfinch 24 Feb: Dague
Other incidents	17 Feb: Magnetic
1914 1915 1916 January 1915 March 1915