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Name | Oriflamme |
Namesake | Oriflamme |
Builder | Établissement de la Brosse et Fouché, Nantes |
Laid down | December 1905 |
Launched | 4 April 1908 |
Stricken | 27 May 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Branlebas-class destroyer |
Displacement | 350 t (344 long tons) |
Length | 58 m (190 ft 3 in) ( p/p) |
Beam | 6.28 m (20 ft 7 in) |
Draft | 2.96 m (9 ft 9 in) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
Speed | 27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph) |
Range | 2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement | 60 |
Armament |
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Armor | Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in) |
Oriflamme was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.
When the First World War began in August 1914, Oriflamme was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1re escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2e escadre légère) [1] based at Cherbourg.