| French destroyer Branlebas | |
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 Branlebas in harbor | |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Branlebas |
| Namesake: | Action stations |
| Builder: | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre |
| Laid down: | November 1905 |
| Launched: | 8 October 1907 |
| Fate: | Sunk by a mine, 30 September 1915 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Branlebas-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 350 t (344 long tons) |
| Length: | 58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) |
| Draft: | 2.96 m (9 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power: |
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| 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 |
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| Armor: | Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in) |
Branlebas was the name ship of her class of destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
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- Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
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