Claymore 1906
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Stylet | Arsenal de Rochefort | 3/1904 | 18/5/1905 | 4/1907 | stricken 5/1921 | |
| Tromblon | Arsenal de Rochefort | 7/1904 | 17/6/1905 | 4/1907 | stricken 5/1921 | |
| Pierrier | Arsenal de Rochefort | 10/1904 | 28/2/1907 | 11/1910 | stricken 7/1921 | |
| Obusier | Arsenal de Rochefort | 5/1904 | 9/3/1906 | 9/1907 | stricken 5/1921 | |
| Mortier | Arsenal de Rochefort | 9/1904 | 23/3/1906 | 1/1908 | stricken 3/1927 | |
| Claymore | A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 1904 | 14/3/1906 | 5/1906 | stricken 3/1926 | |
| Carquois | Arsenal de Rochefort | 7/1905 | 26/6/1907 | 8/1908 | stricken 11/1930 | |
| Trident | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1905 | 5/12/1907 | 1/1909 | stricken 11/1931 | |
| Fleuret | Arsenal de Rochefort | 5/1905 | 14/12/1906 | 3/1908 | stricken 1/1920 | |
| Coutelas | Arsenal de Rochefort | 2/1906 | 12/1/1907 | 3/1908 | stricken 1/1921 | |
| Cognée | Arsenal de Toulon | 1905 | 26/11/1907 | 12/1908 | stricken 7/1921 | |
| Hache | Arsenal de Toulon | 8/1906 | 15/2/1908 | 6/1909 | stricken 2/1921 | |
| Massue | Arsenal de Toulon | 11/1906 | 19/9/1908 | 6/1909 | stricken 3/1927 |
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Displacement normal, t |
356 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
58.0 wl |
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Breadth, m |
6.53 |
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Draught, m |
2.95 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 Normand boilers Cognée, Hache, Massue: VTE, 2 Du Temple boilers Pierrier: 4-cyl VTE, 2 Normand boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
6800 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 79? |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2300(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 6 x 1 - 47/50 M1902, 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
| Complement | 60 |
Ship project history: Last ships of family of 300ton destroyers; sometimes they were called 350ton. Massue was used temporary as minesweeper in 1912.
To the First World War beginning they were considered become outdated.
Modernizations: 1911, Pierrier: main engines were replaced by standard 3-cyl.
Naval service: Branlebas was lost 30/9/1915 on a mine off Nieuport, Étendard 25/4/1917 was sunk by German destroyers in Northern Sea. Mortier collided in the Adriatic with liner Asie in days of WWI, she served as torpedo school tender since June 1919 till October 1923.
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