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Name | Gabion |
Namesake | Gabion |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Rouen |
Laid down | December 1905 |
Launched | 21 December 1907 |
Stricken | 14 May 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Branlebas-class destroyer |
Displacement | 350 t (344 long tons) |
Length | 58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p) |
Beam | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 2.96 m (9 ft 9 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) |
Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 60 |
Armament |
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Armor | Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in) |
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