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French destroyer Oriflamme
Career (France)
Name: Oriflamme
Namesake: Oriflamme
Builder: Établissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes
Laid down: December 1905
Launched: 4 April 1908
Struck: 27 May 1921
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:
  • 6,800 ihp (5,071 kW)
  • 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
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
Armament:
  • 1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor: Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)

Oriflamme was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

References[]

Bibliography[]

  • 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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