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Thursday, 8 August 2019

New French destroyers built at Lorient named according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad 1909-1910 no. 11

An item reported that five of the 7-750 ton destroyers laid down at Lorient were to be named Commandant Bery, Commandant Rivière, Capitaine Mehl, Dehorter and Francis Garnier.(1)

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1. Of the Bouclier-class totally existing of 11 units. These ships had except for the Bouclier and Francis Garnier a designed displacement of 800 ton.