French destroyer Oriflamme

When the First World War began in August 1914, Oriflamme was assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1^re escadrille de torpilleurs) of the 2nd Light Squadron (2^e escadre légère)^[1] based at Cherbourg.

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