History
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France
Name	Gabion
Namesake	Gabion
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Rouen
Laid down	December 1905
Launched	21 December 1907
Stricken	14 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) 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)

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

Construction and career

When the First World War began in August 1914, Gabion 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.

References

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