French destroyer Dague

Dague was one of a dozen s built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
Design and description.
The "Bouclier" class were designed to a general specification and varied significantly from each other in various ways. The ships had an overall length of , a beam of , and a draft of . Designed to displace , they displaced at normal load. Their crew numbered 80–83 men.
The ships were powered by a pair of Breguet steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four water-tube boilers. The engines were designed to produce which was intended to give the ships a speed of . "Dague" handily exceed that speed, reaching during her sea trials. The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at cruising speeds of .
The primary armament of the "Bouclier"-class ships consisted of two Modèle 1893 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure, and four Modèle 1902 guns distributed amidships. They were also fitted with two twin mounts for torpedo tubes amidships.
During World War I, a or anti-aircraft gun, two machine guns, and eight or ten Guiraud-type depth charges were added to the ships. The extra weight severely overloaded the ships and reduced their operational speed to around .
Construction and career.
"Dague" was ordered from Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde and was launched from its Bordeaux shipyard on 13 May 1911. The ship was completed the following year.
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.