French destroyer Oriflamme

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Oriflamme.

History
France
Name	Oriflamme
Namesake	Oriflamme
Builder	Établissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes
Laid down	December 1905
Launched	4 April 1908
Stricken	27 May 1921
General characteristics
Class & 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	6,800  ihp (5,071 kW) 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
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	1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)

Oriflamme was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Construction and career

When the First World War began in August 1914, Oriflamme was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1^re escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2^e escadre légère) ^[1] based at Cherbourg.

References

1. Prévoteaux, Tome I, p. 34

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