French destroyer Commandant Lucas

History
Sister ship Bisson in harbor
France
Name:	Commandant Lucas
Builder:	Arsenal de Toulon
Laid down:	February 1912
Launched:	11 July 1914
Completed:	1914
Struck:	June 1933
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bisson-class destroyer
Displacement:	768–804 t (756–791 long tons)
Length:	78.1 m (256 ft 3 in) (p/p)
Beam:	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft:	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power:	15,000 shp (11,185 kW) 4 Indret water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 Breguet steam turbines
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	1,950 nmi (3,610 km; 2,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 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

Commandant Lucas was one of six Bisson-class destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1910s.

References

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.

Bisson-class destroyers

Bisson Renaudin Mangini Magon Protet Commandant Lucas

Preceded by: Bouclier class Followed by: Enseigne Roux class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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