French destroyer Durandal

Sister ship Hallebarde departing Toulon
History
France
Name: Durandal
Namesake: Durendal
Ordered: 25 August 1896
Builder: Normand, Le Havre
Launched: 11 February 1899
Struck: 7 April 1919
Fate: Sold for scrap, 22 February 1921
General characteristics
Class and type: Durandal-class destroyer
Displacement: 301 t (296 long tons)
Length: 57.64 m (189 ft 1 in)
Beam: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Depth: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range: 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 64 officers and enlisted men
Armament:
  • 1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 2 × 381 mm (15.0 in) torpedo tubes

Durandal was the name ship of her class of four destroyers built for the French Navy in the late 1890s.

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