Branlebas-class destroyer

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Class overview
NameBranlebas class
Operators French Navy
Preceded byClaymore class
Succeeded bySpahi class
Built1905–09
In service1908–32
Completed10
Lost2
Scrapped8
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement350 t (344 long tons)
Length58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p)
Beam6.28 m (20 ft 7 in)
Draught2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement60
Armament
ArmourWaterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)

The Branlebas class[a] was a class of ten destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Eight of the ships survived the First World War and were scrapped afterwards.

  1. ^ The Engineer 21 August 1908, p. 191.


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