French destroyer Dague

Dague in harbor, 1914
History
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)
Installed power	4 du Temple boilers 13,500 shp (10,067 kW)
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
Armament	2 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) guns 4 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) guns 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

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 (1^ère 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.