French destroyer Fanion

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History
France
Name: Fanion
Namesake: Pennon
Builder: Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Laid down: December 1905
Launched: 4 May 1908
Struck: 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:
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:
  • 1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor: Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)

Fanion was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

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