French destroyer Tirailleur
Tirailleur was one of two s built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Design and description. The "Voltigeur" class was based on the preceding , albeit with a different arrangement of propulsion machinery. "Tirailleur" had an length between perpendiculars of , a beam of , and a draft of . Designed to displaced , the ships displaced at deep load. Their crew numbered 76–77 men. "Tirailleur" was powered by one triple-expansion steam engine and two Breguet direct-drive steam turbines. The steam engine drove the center propeller shaft while the turbines powered the two outer  shafts, all using steam provided by four du Temple boilers. The engines were designed to produce which was intended to give the ships a speed of . The ships carried enough coal to give them a range of at a cruising speed of . The primary armament of the "Voltigeur"-class ships consisted of six Modèle 1902 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure and the others were distributed amidships. They were also fitted with three torpedo tubes. One of these was in a fixed mount in the bow and the other two were on single rotating mounts  amidships. Construction and career. "Tirailleur" was ordered from Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde and was launched from its Bordeaux shipyard on 27 November 1908. The ship was completed in July 1910.