French destroyer Mousquet

A postcard of Mousquet underway
History
France
NameMousquet
NamesakeMusket
Ordered14 November 1900
BuilderAteliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes
Laid downNovember 1900
Launched7 August 1902
CommissionedJune 1903
FateSunk by SMS Emden during the Battle of Penang, 28 October 1914
General characteristics
Class and typeArquebuse-class destroyer
Displacement357 t (351 long tons) (deep load)
Length56.58 m (185 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Beam6.38 m (20 ft 11 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) (deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement4 officers and 58 enlisted men
Armament

Mousquet was an Arquebuse-class destroyer built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1903, the ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron, but was transferred to the Far East the following year. She was sunk by the Imperial German Navy cruiser SMS Emden during the Battle of Penang in 1914, a few months after the beginning of World War I.