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Pertuisane class destroyer

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Name
  
Pertuisane class

Operators
  
French Navy

Succeeded by
  
Arquebuse class

Builders
  
Arsenal de Rochefort

Preceded by
  
Framée class

Built
  
1899–1901

Pertuisane-class destroyer

The Pertuisane class (sometimes referred to as the Rochefortais class as they were all build 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.

Ships

  • Pertuisane - launched 5 December 1900, stricken 16 March 1923.
  • Escopette - launched 20 December 1900, stricken 4 April 1921.
  • Flamberge - launched 28 October 1900, stricken 1 October 1920.
  • Rapière - launched 16 July 1901, stricken 27 October 1921.

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

    References

    Pertuisane-class destroyer Wikipedia
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