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French destroyer Dague

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Name
  
Dague

Laid down
  
1909

Construction started
  
1909

Namesake
  
Dagger

Completed
  
June 1911

Launched
  
13 April 1911

French destroyer Dague

Fate
  
Sunk by a mine, 24 February 1915

Class and type
  
Bouclier-class destroyer

Builder
  
Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde

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.

References

French destroyer Dague Wikipedia