French destroyer Harpon

Harpon underway in harbor
History
France
Name	Harpon
Namesake	Harpoon
Ordered	1900
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux
Laid down	November 1900
Launched	20 October 1902
Stricken	5 March 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	323 t (318 long tons)
Length	58.26 m (191 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.38 m (20 ft 11 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	6,300 ihp (4,698 kW) 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	60
Armament	1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × single 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Harpon was one of 20 Template:Sclass-s built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Bibliography

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• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
• Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)