French destroyer Glaive

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History
France
Name	Glaive
Namesake	Glaive
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	May 1905
Launched	10 September 1908
Stricken	12 February 1932
General characteristics
Class & type	Branlebas-class destroyer
Displacement	350 t (344 long tons)
Length	58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p)
Beam	6.28 m (20 ft 7 in)
Draft	2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power	6,800 ihp (5,071 kW); 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range	2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 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;
Armor	Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)

Glaive was one of 10 Branlebas-class destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

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Laid downMay 1905

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France
Name	Glaive
Namesake	Glaive
Builder	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down	May 1905
Launched	10 September 1908
Stricken	12 February 1932


General characteristics
Class & type	Branlebas-class destroyer
Displacement	350 t (344 long tons)
Length	58 m (190 ft 3 in) (p/p)
Beam	6.28 m (20 ft 7 in)
Draft	2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power	6,800 ihp (5,071 kW) 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	27.5 knots (50.9 km/h; 31.6 mph)
Range	2,100 nmi (3,900 km; 2,400 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
Armor	Waterline belt: 20 mm (0.8 in)