Flamberge underway in a harbor
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Class overview | |
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Name | Pertuisane class |
Builders | Arsenal de Rochefort |
Operators | French Navy |
Preceded by | Framée class |
Succeeded by | Arquebuse class |
Built | 1899–1901 |
In service | 1900–1921 |
In commission | 1900–1921 |
Completed | 4 |
Scrapped | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 301 long tons (306 t) |
Length | 57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 52 |
Armament |
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The Pertuisane class (sometimes referred to as the Rochefortais class as they were all built in Rochefort) was a group of four destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. They survived the First World War only to be scrapped afterwards.