Claymore-class destroyer

File:Obusier-ELD.jpg A postcard of Obusier at anchor
Class overview
Name	Claymore class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Arquebuse-class destroyer
Succeeded by	Branlebas-class destroyer
Built	1904–1909
In service	1906–1931
Completed	13
Scrapped	13
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	356 t (350 long tons)
Length	58 m (190 ft 3 in) (waterline)
Beam	6.53 m (21 ft 5 in)
Draft	2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Installed power	2 water-tube boilers 6,800 ihp (5,071 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 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) Hotchkiss guns 2 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

The Claymore class was a group of thirteen contre-torpilleurs (destroyers) built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. All of the ships survived the First World War and were scrapped after the war.

Ships

• Carquois
• Claymore
• Cognée
• Coutelas
• Fleuret
• Hache
• Massue
• Mortier
• Obusier
• Pierrer
• Stylet
• Trident
• Tromblon