| French destroyer Obusier | |
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 Sister ship Trident underway in harbor | |
| Career (France) |  |
| Name: | Obusier |
| Namesake: | Howitzer |
| Builder: | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down: | 10 May 1904 |
| Launched: | 9 March 1905 |
| Struck: | 27 May 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Claymore-class 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) |
| Installed power: |
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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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Obusier was one of 13 Claymore-class 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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