French destroyer Obusier

Sister ship Trident underway in harbor
History
France
Name: Obusier
Namesake: Howitzer
Builder: Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down: 10 May 1904
Launched: 9 March 1905
Struck: 27 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:
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 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 2 × single 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

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

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