Pertuisane-class destroyer
 Flamberge underway in a harbor
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Pertuisane class |
| Builders | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | Framée class |
| Succeeded by | Arquebuse class |
| Built | 1899–1901 |
| In service | 1900–1921 |
| In commission | 1900–1921 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Scrapped | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 301 long tons (306 t) |
| Length | 57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph) |
| Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 52 |
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The Pertuisane class (sometimes referred to as the Rochefortais class as they were all built in Rochefort) was a group of four destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. They survived the First World War only to be scrapped afterwards.
Ships
[edit]- Pertuisane - launched 5 December 1900, stricken 16 March 1923.
- Escopette - launched 20 December 1900, stricken 4 April 1921.
- Flamberge - launched 28 October 1900, stricken 1 October 1920.
- Rapière - launched 16 July 1901, stricken 27 October 1921.
Escopette was sent by the French government on 25 July 1909 as a seaborne escort for Louis Blériot's English Channel-crossing flight.
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