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Thursday, 28 February 2019

French destroyer Branlebas executed with success trials according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1908 No. 1

An item reported that the French destroyer Branlebas built at Le Havre achieved a speed of 28,57 knots with more as 7.000 ihp on her trial.(1)

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1. Part of the Branlebas-class, preceded by the Claymore-class and succeeded by Spahi-class, laid down by Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France in November 1905, launched on 8 October 1907 and sunk on 30 September 1915 after striking a mine in the North Sea off the coastline between Dunkirk, France and Nieuwpoort, Belgium.