French destroyer Obusier
Obusier was one of 13 Claymore-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
Obusier in Cherbourg, July 1909
 Obusier in Saint-Malo | |
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Obusier |
| Namesake | Howitzer |
| Builder | Arsenal de Rochefort |
| Laid down | 10 May 1904 |
| Launched | 9 March 1905 |
| Stricken | 27 May 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Claymore-class 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 |
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References
Bibliography
- Campbell, N. J. M. (1979). "France". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 283–333. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.
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