French destroyer Étendard

	Étendard in 1908.
History
France
Name	Étendard
Namesake	Banner
Builder	Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Laid down	December 1905
Launched	20 March 1908
Fate	Sunk by a German destroyer 25 April 1917
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)

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

NameÉtendard

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Laid downDecember 1905

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During World War I, Étendard was torpedoed and sunk by an Imperial German Navy destroyer in the North Sea off Dunkirk, France, with the loss of all hands on 25 April 1917.^[1]

Construction and career

History

Étendard in 1908.




France
Name	Étendard
Namesake	Banner
Builder	Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Laid down	December 1905
Launched	20 March 1908
Fate	Sunk by a German destroyer 25 April 1917


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)