Name Boutefeu Laid down 1909 Construction started 1909 Builder Dyle et Bacalan | Namesake Linstock Completed 1911 Launched 2 May 1911 | |
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Fate Sunk by a mine, 15 May 1917 Class and type Bouclier-class destroyer | ||
Boutefeu was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. During the First World War she was stationed at Brindisi in support of the Otranto barrage.
On 15 May 1917, during the Battle of the Strait of Otranto, Boutefeu struck a mine laid earlier that day by the Imperial German Navy submarine UC-25 just outside Brindisi harbor. The destroyer broke in two and sank in under two minutes, with heavy loss of life.
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