French destroyer Pertuisane

Pertuisane was the name ship of her class of four destroyers built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.

Pertuisane in harbor
History
France
Name	Pertuisane
Namesake	Partisan
Ordered	8 June 1899
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	June 1899
Launched	5 December 1900
Stricken	16 March 1923
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 April 1928
General characteristics
Class & type	Pertuisane-class destroyer
Displacement	301 long tons (306 t)
Length	57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	4 water-tube boilers 4,800 ihp (3,579 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
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	52
Armament	1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × single 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

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