French destroyer Fanfare

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

Sister ship Sape underway
History
France
Name: Fanfare
Namesake: Fanfare
Builder: Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Laid down: November 1905
Launched: 19 December 1907
Stricken: 28 September 1925
General characteristics
Class and 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:
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:
Armor: Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)

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 Allan. 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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