.jpg) Dague in harbor, 1914
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| History | |
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 France | |
| Name | Dague |
| Namesake | Dagger |
| Ordered | 26 August 1908 |
| Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux |
| Laid down | 1910 |
| Launched | 27 June 1911 |
| Completed | 1912 |
| Commissioned | 20 May 1912 |
| Stricken | 25 February 1915 |
| Fate | Sunk by a mine, 24 February 1915 |
| Status | Diveable wreck |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Bouclier-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 876 t (862 long tons) (normal) |
| Length | 77.2 m (253 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 8.04 m (26 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 2.94 m (9 ft 8 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 | 77–84 |
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Dague was one of a dozen Bouclier-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1912, the ship was initially assigned to the 1st Naval Army (1ère Armée Navale) in the Mediterranean Sea. 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 over the next six months. Dague struck a mine in Antivari harbor in February 1915 and sank with the loss of 38 crewmen.