Pertuisane-class destroyer

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Class overview
NamePertuisane class
Builders Arsenal de Rochefort
OperatorsCivil and Naval Ensign of France.svg  French Navy
Preceded by Framée class
Succeeded by Arquebuse class
Built1899–1901
In service1900–1921
In commission1900–1921
Completed4
Scrapped4
General characteristics
Type Destroyer
Displacement301 long tons (306  t)
Length57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range2,300  nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement52
Armament

The Pertuisane class (sometimes referred to as the Rochefortais class as they were all built in Rochefort) was a group of four destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. They survived the First World War only to be scrapped afterwards.

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Escopette was sent by the French government on 25 July 1909 as a seaborne escort for Louis Blériot's English Channel-crossing flight.

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