French destroyer Obusier

Obusier in Saint-Malo
History
France
NameObusier
NamesakeHowitzer
BuilderArsenal de Rochefort
Laid down10 May 1904
Launched9 March 1905
Stricken27 May 1921
General characteristics
Class & typeClaymore-class destroyer
Displacement356 t (350 long tons)
Length58 m (190 ft 3 in) (waterline)
Beam6.53 m (21 ft 5 in)
Draft2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement60
Armament

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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