An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting that the French destroyer Dunois (1) was launched on 6 October. She was the first ship except for the torpedo boat, to be fitted out with Normand tube boilers. Dimensions 78 x 8,5 x 3,88 (aft) metres and a displacement of 896 tons. The two triple expansion steam engines developed a horsepower of 6.400 ihp allowing a speed of 23 miles. Her crew was to number 128 Men (included 8 officers). The armament consisted of 6-6,5cm quick firing guns, 6-4,7cm quick firing guns and torpedo tubes.
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1. Of the Dunois-class consisting of the Dunois and Hire. Dunois launched at the Arsenal de Cherbourg, France on 6 October 1897, commissioned in December 1898 and broken up in 1920.
