French destroyer Flamberge

History
France
Name	Flamberge
Namesake	Flamberge
Ordered	8 June 1899
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	15 June 1902
Launched	28 October 1900
Stricken	1 October 1920
Fate	Sold for scrap, 8 January 1921
General characteristics
Class & type	Pertuisane-class destroyer
Displacement	301 long tons (306  t)
Length	57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers 4,800 ihp (3,579 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	2,300  nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	52
Armament	1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × single 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Flamberge was a Pertuisane-class destroyer built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.

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