French destroyer Pertuisane

History
Pertuisane in harbor
France
Name:	Pertuisane
Namesake:	Partisan
Ordered:	8 June 1899
Builder:	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down:	June 1899
Launched:	5 December 1900
Struck:	16 March 1923
Fate:	Sold for scrap, 20 April 1928
General characteristics
Class and 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

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

Citations

Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

Pertuisane-class destroyers

Pertuisane Escopette Rapière Flamberge

Preceded by: Framée class Followed by: Arquebuse class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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