French destroyer Durandal

	Durandal in harbour in the 1900s
History
France
Name	Durandal
Namesake	Durendal
Ordered	25 August 1896
Builder	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Launched	11 February 1899
Stricken	7 April 1919
Fate	Sold for scrap, 22 February 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Durandal-class destroyer
Displacement	301 t (296 long tons)
Length	57.64 m (189 ft 1 in)
Beam	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Depth	4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Installed power	5,200 PS (3,800 kW); 2 × Water-tube boilers;
Propulsion	2 × Shafts; 2 × Triple-expansion steam engines;
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	64 officers and enlisted men
Armament	1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun; 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns; 2 × 381 mm (15.0 in) torpedo tubes;

Durandal was the name ship of her class of four destroyers built for the French Navy in the late 1890s.

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