French destroyer Boutefeu

Boutefou was one of a dozen s built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. During the First World War she was stationed at Brindisi in support of the Otranto barrage.

On 15 May, 1917, Boutefeu struck a mine laid earlier that day by German U-boat UC-25 just outside Brindisi harbor (see: Battle of the Strait of Otranto (1917)). The destroyer broke in two and sank in under two minutes, with heavy loss of life.