Arquebuse-class destroyer

	A postcard of Sarbacane underway in 1905
Class overview
Name	Arquebuse class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Pertuisane-class destroyer
Succeeded by	Claymore-class destroyer
Built	1900–04
In service	1903–21
Completed	20
Lost	2
Scrapped	18
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	323 t (318 long tons)
Length	58.26 m (191 ft 2 in) (o/a)
Beam	6.38 m (20 ft 11 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	6,300 ihp (4,698 kW); 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	60
Armament	1 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) gun; 6 × single 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 2 × single 380 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes;

The Arquebuse class was a group of 20 destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Two ships were sunk during the First World War and the others were scrapped after the war.

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