Claymore-class destroyer

A postcard of Obusier at anchor
Class overview
Name: Claymore class
Operators:  French Navy
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:
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:

The Claymore class was a group of thirteen 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

Bibliography

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