Dunois 1898
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Dunois | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 9.1896 | 6.10.1897 | 12.1898 | stricken 1920 | ||
| La Hire | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 11.1897 | 3.11.1898 | 1899 | TS 1914, stricken 10.1922 |
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Displacement normal, t |
889 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
77.6 wl 78.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.43 |
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Draught, m |
3.10 mean 3.86 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 8 Normand-Sigaudy boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
7500 |
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Max speed, kts |
21.7 - 22 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 137 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000(10) |
| Armour, mm | steel; belt: 25, deck: 10, CT: 50 |
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Armament |
6 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M1885 |
| Complement | 137 |
Project history: Originally classified as torpedo avisos and later as destroyers but had no torpedoes! Original lightly armoured ships intended specially for actions against enemy torpedo boats.
Ship protection: There was 10mm lower deck. Belt protected only machinery.
Modernizations: 1918, La Hire: - 6 x 1 - 65/50; + 2 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, DCs.
Naval service: La Hire served in 1914 and since 1917 at Toulon gunnery school.
Dunois
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