 A postcard of Sarbacane underway in 1905
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Arquebuse class |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | Pertuisane-class destroyer |
| Succeeded by | Claymore-class destroyer |
| Built | 1900–04 |
| In service | 1903–21 |
| Completed | 20 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Scrapped | 18 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| 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) |
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| 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 |
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The Arquebuse class was a group of 20 destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Two ships were sunk during the First World War and the others were scrapped after the war.