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French destroyer Branlebas

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Name
  
Branlebas

Laid down
  
November 1905

Displacement
  
350 t (344 long tons)

Launched
  
8 October 1907

Namesake
  
Action stations

Fate
  
Sunk 30 September 1915

Construction started
  
November 1905

French destroyer Branlebas

Class and type
  
Branlebas-class destroyer

Builder
  
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand

Branlebas was the name ship of her class of destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

During World War I, Branlebas struck a mine and sank in the North Sea between Dunkirk, France, and Nieuwpoort, Belgium, on 30 September 1915.

References

French destroyer Branlebas Wikipedia