Branlebas-class destroyer

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Class overview
Name	Branlebas class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Claymore class
Succeeded by	Spahi class
Built	1905–09
In service	1908–32
Completed	10
Lost	2
Scrapped	8
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	350 t (344 long tons)
Length	58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p)
Beam	6.28 m (20 ft 7 in)
Draught	2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power	6,800 ihp (5,071 kW) 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range	2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	60
Armament	1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armour	Waterline 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.

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