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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

TORPEDO SHIPS

PERTUISANE destroyers (1902-1903)

Éscopette 1903

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Pertuisane M8   Arsenal de Rochefort 6.1899 5.12.1900 9.1902 stricken 3.1923
Éscopette M9   Arsenal de Rochefort 1.1900 20.12.1900 1.1903 stricken 4.1921
Flamberge M10   Arsenal de Rochefort 6.1899 28.10.1901 7.1903 stricken 10.1920
Rapière M11   Arsenal de Rochefort 1.1900 16.7.1901 5.1903 stricken 10.1921

 

Displacement normal, t

306

Displacement full, t

344

Length, m

56.0 wl 57.6 oa

Breadth, m

6.30

Draught, m

3.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

coal ~80

Endurance, nm(kts) 2300(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 380 TT

Complement 52

Project history: 300t type. This class was also called "Les Rochefortais". Ordered 8.6.1899 to Normand plans. Very similar to Fauconneau and Espingole except that their funnels were slightly raked.

Modernizations: 1908, all survived: mainmast was removed

1915, some survived: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885 AA

1916, some survived: - 1 x 1 - 65/50; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCT (6 - 12 DC)

1917, some survived: + 1 x 1 - 8.80

1918, some survived: - 1 DCT

Naval service: No significant events.

Rapière 1905

Flamberge

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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