 Fronde underway in harbor
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| History | |
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| Name | Fronde |
| Namesake | Sling |
| Ordered | 14 November 1900 |
| Builder | Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux-Lormont |
| Laid down | January 1901 |
| Launched | 17 December 1902 |
| Commissioned | April 1903 |
| Stricken | 30 October 1919 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 6 May 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Arquebuse-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 357 t (351 long tons) (deep load) |
| Length | 56.58 m (185 ft 8 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 6.38 m (20 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) (deep load) |
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| Propulsion |
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| 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 | 4 officers and 58 enlisted men |
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Fronde was a Arquebuse-class destroyer contre-torpilleur d'escadre built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Completed in 1903, the ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée), but was transferred to the Far East the following year. The ship was wrecked during a typhoon in 1906, but was salvaged and returned to service. She participated in the Battle of Penang in 1914, a few months after the beginning of the World War I. Fronde was transferred to the Mediterranean in 1915 and remained there for the war. The ship was sold for scrap in 1920.