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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=Catapult108.jpg | Ship caption=Catapulte at anchor
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=France | France|naval}} | Ship name=Catapulte | Ship namesake=Catapult | Ship original cost= | Ship ordered=1901 | Ship builder=Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer | Ship laid down=1901 | Ship launched=1 April 1903 | Ship completed= | Ship commissioned= | Ship struck= | Ship fate=Sunk in collision 18 May 1918
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Arquebuse|destroyer}} | 318|LT|t|0|disp=flip|abbr=on|lk=on}} | 58.26|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (o/a) | 6.38|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 3.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 6300|ihp|0|abbr=on}}- 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
| Ship propulsion=2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines | 28|kn|lk=in}} | 2300|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}} | Ship complement=60 | 65|mm|in|abbr=on}} gun- 6 × {{convert|47|mm|in|abbr=on}} Hotchkiss guns
- 2 × {{convert|380|mm|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
| Ship notes=
}} | Catapulte was one of 20 {{Sclass-|Arquebuse|destroyer}}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 {{SS|Sant Anna||2}}, 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 {{SS|Warrimoo||2}}. Both ships sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Bône, French Algeria.[1][2] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/sunk18.htm |title=Major Warships Sunk in World War 1 1918 |publisher=World War I |accessdate=24 February 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyFrench.htm |title=French Navy |publisher=Naval History |accessdate=21 February 2013}}
Bibliography- {{cite book|last1=Chesneau|first1=Roger|last2=Kolesnik|first2=Eugene M.|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905|year=1979|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-133-5|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{cite book|last=Couhat|first=Jean Labayle|title=French Warships of World War I|year=1974|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0445-5}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5|lastauthoramp=y}}
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