Branlebas-class destroyer
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| Class overview |
| Name: |
Branlebas class |
| Operators: |
 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.
Losses
- Branlebas was sunk by a German mine on 30 september 1915 near Nieuwpoort, Belgium.
- Étendard was sunk by German torpedoboat A39 on 25 april 1917 in the North Sea.
Ships
- Branle-bas
- Étendard
- Fanfare
- Fanion
- Gabion
- Glaive
- Oriflamme
- Poignard
- Sabretache
- Sape
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References
- ↑ 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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- Sape
- Branlebas
- Fanfare
- Gabion
- Sabretache
- Étendard
- Oriflamme
- Fanion
- Glaive
- Poignard
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- List of destroyers of the French Navy
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