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Rapière 1905

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pertuisane	M8		Arsenal de Rochefort	6.1899	5.12.1900	9.1902	stricken 3.1923
Éscopette	M9		Arsenal de Rochefort	1.1900	20.12.1900	1.1903	stricken 4.1921
Flamberge	M10		Arsenal de Rochefort	6.1899	28.10.1901	7.1903	stricken 10.1920
Rapière	M11		Arsenal de Rochefort	1.1900	16.7.1901	5.1903	stricken 10.1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	306
Displacement full, t	344
Length, m	56.0 wl 57.6 oa
Breadth, m	6.30
Draught, m	3.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	4800
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	coal ~80
Endurance, nm(kts)	2300(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 380 TT
Complement	52

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Project history

300t type. This class was also called "Les Rochefortais". Ordered 8.6.1899 to Normand plans. Very similar to Fauconneau and Espingole except that their funnels were slightly raked.

Modernizations

1908, all survived: mainmast was removed

1915, some survived: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885 AA

1916, some survived: - 1 x 1 - 65/50; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCT (6 - 12 DC)

1917, some survived: + 1 x 1 - 8.80

1918, some survived: - 1 DCT

Naval service

No significant events.



Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.