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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Claymore class |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | Arquebuse-class destroyer |
| Succeeded by | Branlebas-class destroyer |
| Built | 1904–1909 |
| In service | 1906–1931 |
| Completed | 13 |
| Scrapped | 13 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 356 t (350 long tons) |
| Length | 58 m (190 ft 3 in) (waterline) |
| Beam | 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) |
| Draft | 2.95 m (9 ft 8 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 Claymore class was a group of thirteen contre-torpilleurs (destroyers) built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. All of the ships survived the First World War and were scrapped after the war.