French destroyer Rapière

History
Sister ship Pertuisane
France
Name:	Rapière
Namesake:	Rapier
Ordered:	8 June 1899
Builder:	Arsenal de Rochefort
Laid down:	2 January 1900
Launched:	16 July 1901
Struck:	27 October 1921
Fate:	Scrapped after 1921
General characteristics
Class and type:	Pertuisane-class destroyer
Displacement:	301 long tons (306 t)
Length:	57.64 m (189 ft 1 in) (o/a)
Beam:	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft:	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power:	4 water-tube boilers 4,800 ihp (3,579 kW)
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:	52
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

Rapière was a Pertuisane-class destroyer built for the French Navy around the beginning of the 20th century.

References

Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

Pertuisane-class destroyers

Pertuisane Escopette Rapière Flamberge

Preceded by: Framée class Followed by: Arquebuse class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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