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Branlebas-class destroyer
Class overview
Name: Branlebas class
Operators: Civil and Naval Ensign of France French Navy
Completed: 10
Lost: 2
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Tonnage: 340 t (335 long tons)
Length: 58 m (190 ft 3 in)[1]
Beam: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Draught: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power: 6,800 hp (5,071 kW)
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement: 75
Armament: • 1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
• 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
• 2 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

The Branlebas class was a class of ten destroyers of the French Navy built between 1907–09, used during the First World War.

Ships[]

  • Branle-bas
  • Étendard
  • Fanfare
  • Fanion
  • Gabion
  • Glaive
  • Oriflamme
  • Poignard
  • Sabretache
  • Sape

References[]

  1. Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "BRANLE-BAS - Contre-torpilleur de 300t type Branlebas (1908 - 1915)". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. 
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. 


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