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Fronde

Fronde

Survived

French Navy

TypeDestroyer
WarFirst World War
Main guns1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun

French destroyer at Penang.

Arquebuse class torpedo boat Photo: Marius Bar, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
  • 2 × single 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes
BuilderChantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux-Lormont
Laid downJanuary 1901
Launched17 December 1902
CommissionedApril 1903
Displacement357 t (351 long tons) (deep load)
Length56.58 m (185 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement4 officers and 58 enlisted men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

17 December 1902

28 October 1914

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 6 May 1920