French destroyer Catapulte

Catapulte was one of 20 s built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She saw service during World War I.
On 11 May 1918, "Caiatpulte" assisted several other ships in rescuing the survivors of the French troopship , which was carrying 2,025 troops when she was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of 605 lives by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM "UC-54" 26 nautical miles east of Cape Bon, French Tunisia.
On 18 May 1918, "Catapulte" collided with the British steamer . Both ships sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Bône, French Algeria.