French destroyer Tromblon

	Tromblon in Cherbourg in 1909
History
France
Name	Tromblon
Namesake	Blunderbuss
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	8 July 1904
Launched	17 June 1905
Stricken	14 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Claymore-class 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 Normand 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 ;

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Tromblon was one of 13 Claymore-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Construction and career

Tromblon was ordered on 12 May 1902 and was laid down at the Arsenal de Rochefort on 21 March 1904. The ship was launched on 17 June 1905^[1] and was placed in reserve after her completion in April 1907. She was assigned to the Northern Squadron in January 1908 and remained with the unit as it was successively redesigned as the Third Squadron (3^e Escadre) in March 1908 and 2nd Light Squadron (2^e escadre légère) in November 1912.^[2] When the First World War began in August 1914, Tromblon was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1^re escadrille de torpilleurs)^[3] based at Cherbourg. The ship was assigned to the North Sea Squadron (Flotille de la mer du Nord), based at Dunkerque, in 1916 and became the flagship of the Commander of the Brittany Divisions (Commandant supérieur des diivsions de Bretagne) in 1918. Tromblon was struck from the Navy Directory on 14 May 1921 and sold for scrap at Brest on 12 August.^[2]

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References

↑ Roberts, p. 380
1 2 Le Masson, p. 141
↑ Prévoteaux I, p. 34

Bibliography

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Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
Le Masson, Henri (1967). Histoire du Torpilleur en France[History of the Torpedo-armed Ship in France]. Paris: Académie de marine. OCLC 491016784.
Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome I 1914–1915[The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book I 1914–1915]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 23. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-000-2.
Prévoteaux, Gérard (2017). La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome II 1916–1918[The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book II 1916–1918]. Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond. Vol. 27. Le Vigen, France: Éditions Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-37468-001-9.
Roberts, Stephen S. (2021). French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4533-0.

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[1] Roberts, p. 380

[l1-2] 1 2 Le Masson, p. 141

[3] Prévoteaux I, p. 34

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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

History
Tromblon in Cherbourg in 1909
France
Name	Tromblon
Namesake	Blunderbuss
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	8 July 1904
Launched	17 June 1905
Stricken	14 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Claymore-class 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 Normand 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

French destroyer Tromblon

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