Branlebas-class destroyer

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Class overview
NameBranlebas class
Operators French Navy
Completed10
Lost2
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Tonnage340 t (335 long tons)
Length58 m (190 ft 3 in)[1]
Beam6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Draught2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power6,800 hp (5,071 kW)
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement75
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• 1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
• 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
• 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

The Branlebas class was a class of ten destroyers of the French Navy built between 1907-09, used during the First World War.

Ships

  • Branle-bas
  • Étendard
  • Fanfare
  • Fanion
  • Gabion
  • Glaive
  • Oriflamme
  • Poignard
  • Sabretache
  • Sape

References

  1. ^ Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "BRANLE-BAS - Contre-torpilleur de 300t type Branlebas (1908 - 1915)". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.