Pertuisane-class destroyer

The Pertuisane class (sometimes referred to as the Rochefortais class as they were all build 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.

Flamberge underway in a harbor
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: 1900–21
In commission: 1900–21
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:
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
Armament:

Ships
  • 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.

Notes

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