Name Mousquet Ordered 1900 Construction started November 1900 Length 58 m | Namesake Musket Laid down November 1900 Launched 7 August 1902 Beam 6.4 m | |
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Fate Sunk by SMS Emden during the Battle of Penang, 28 October 1914 Class and type Arquebuse-class destroyer Builder Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire | ||
Mousquet was a Arquebuse-class destroyer built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
During World War I, the Imperial German Navy light cruiser SMS Emden sank Mousquet with gunfire off the Straits Settlements during the Battle of Penang on 28 October 1914. Emden rescued 33 survivors from Mousquet.
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