_(classe_Bouclier).jpg) Faulx in 1914
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Faulx |
| Namesake | Scythe |
| Ordered | 26 August 1908 |
| Builder | Établissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes |
| Laid down | 1909 |
| Launched | 2 February 1911 |
| Completed | 1912 |
| Commissioned | 1 November 1912 |
| Fate | Sunk in a collision, 10 April 1918 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Bouclier-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 867 t (853 long tons) |
| Length | 75.15 m (246 ft 7 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 7.93 m (26 ft) |
| Draft | 2.89 m (9 ft 6 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 1,200–1,400 nmi (2,222–2,593 km; 1,381–1,611 mi) at 12–14 knots (22–26 km/h; 14–16 mph) |
| Complement | 81 |
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Faulx 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 escorted the battle fleet during the Battle of Antivari off the coast of Montenegro in August 1914 and escorted multiple convoys to Montenegro for the rest of the year. Faulx protected the evacuation of the Royal Serbian Army from Durazzo, Albania, in February 1916.