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	1904–1909
In service	1906–1931
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	2 water-tube boilers ; 6,800 ihp (5,071 kW);
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	1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun; 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns ; 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes ;

Last updated May 24, 2023

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

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v t e Claymore-class destroyers
Stylet Tromblon Obusier Claymore Mortier Fleuret Coutelas Pierrer Carquois Cognée Trident Hache Massue
Preceded by: Arquebuse class Followed by: Branlebas class
List of destroyers of the French Navy

v t e French naval ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie ^X Lyon ^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Jauréguiberry ^S Bouvet ^S Charlemagne Suffren ^S République Liberté Danton
Coast defense ships	Henri IV ^S
Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme ^S Amiral Charner Pothuau ^S Jeanne d'Arc ^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet ^S Ernest Renan ^S Edgar Quinet
Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille ^S Forbin Troude Friant Linois Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux ^S Guichen ^S Châteaurenault ^S D'Estrées Jurien de la Gravière ^S
Light cruisers	La Motte-Picquet ^X
Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Enseigne Gabolde ^S^C M89 ^X Aventurier Arabe
Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Argonaute ^S Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire Archimède ^S Mariotte ^S Amiral Bourgois ^S Charles Brun ^S Clorinde Gustave Zédé Amphitrite Bellone Dupuy de Lôme Diane Joessel Lagrange Armide O'Byrne
Seaplane carriers	Foudre ^S
S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

Class overview
A postcard of Obusier at anchor
Name	Claymore class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Arquebuse-class destroyer
Succeeded by	Branlebas-class destroyer
Built	1904–1909
In service	1906–1931
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	2 water-tube boilers 6,800 ihp (5,071 kW)
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	1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes