Claymore-class destroyer
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Class overview | |
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Name | Claymore class |
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Preceded by | Arquebuse-class destroyer |
Succeeded by | Branlebas-class destroyer |
Built | 1904–09 |
In service | 1906–31 |
Completed | 13 |
Scrapped | 13 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 356 t (350 long tons) |
Length | 58 m (190 ft 3 in) (waterline) |
Beam | 6.53 m (21 ft 5 in) |
Draft | 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 60 |
Armament |
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The Claymore class was a group of thirteen contre-torpilleurs (destroyers) built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. All of the ships survived the First World War and were scrapped after the war.
Ships[]
- Carquois
- Claymore
- Cognée
- Coutelas
- Fleuret
- Hache
- Massue
- Mortier
- Obusier
- Pierrer
- Stylet
- Trident
- Tromblon
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.
- Osborne, Eric W. (2005). Destroyers - An Illustrated History of Their Impact. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. ISBN 1-85109-479-2.
- 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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- Destroyer classes
- Destroyers of the French Navy
- World War I destroyers of France