''Stylet'' was one of 13 s built for the

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in the first decade of the 20th century.

Construction and career

''Stylet'' (Stiletto) was ordered on 12 May 1902 and was

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at the

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on 21 March 1904. The ship was launched on 18 May 1905 and was assigned to the Northern Squadron after her completion in April 1907. The ship was refitted from May to December and remained with the unit as it was successively redesigned as the Third Squadron () in March 1908 and 2nd Light Squadron () in November 1912.Le Masson, p. 141 When the First World War began in August 1914, ''Stylet'' was assigned to the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla () of the Prévoteaux I, p. 34 based at

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. The ship was assigned to the Ocean Patrol Flotilla () in 1916 and was transferred to the Brittany Patrol Division () the following year and remained with that unit until the end of the war in 1918. ''Stylet'' was struck from the

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on 14 May 1921 and sold for scrap on 12 August.

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