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French destroyer Fanion

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History
France
Name	Fanion
Namesake	Pennon
Builder	Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux
Laid down	December 1905
Launched	4 May 1908
Stricken	27 May 1921
General characteristics
Class and 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) 2Normand 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)

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

Construction and career[edit]

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

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