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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

TORPEDO SHIPS

NO 201 torpedo boats (1897-1904)

N°230 1899

Names

N° 201 - 206

N° 207, 1911- Etoile

N° 208, 1910- Marteau

N° 209 - 214

N° 215, 1910- Foyer

N° 216

N° 217, 1911- Ragas

N° 218 - 220

N° 221, 1911- Ringard

N° 222, 1911- Rouable

N° 223 - 225

N° 226, 1912- Etau

N° 227 - 234

N° 235, 1912- Enclume

N° 236 - 241

N° 242, 1901- 6S

N° 243

N° 244, 1903- 7S

N° 245, 1904- 10S

N° 246, 1904- 11S

N° 247, 1904- 12S

N° 248, 1904- 13S

N° 249, 1904- 14S

N° 250 - 253

N° 254, 1904- 15S

N° 255, 1904- 16S

N° 256 - 260

N° 261, 1904- 1M

N° 262, 1904- 2M

N° 263 - 270

N° 271, 1904- 3M

N° 272, 1904- 4M

N° 273 - 276

N° 277, 1904- 8S

N° 278 - 283

N° 284, 1905- 17S

N° 285, 1905- 18S

N° 286, 1905- 19S

N° 287, 1904- 5M

N° 288

N° 289

N° 290, 1905- 6M

N° 291, 1905- 20S

N° 292, 1905- 21S

9S

Builders

A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre: N° 201 - 205, 212 - 215, 278 - 280

F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux: N° 206 - 211, 230 - 232, 239 - 241, 258 - 260, 275, 276

Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône: N° 216 - 220, 233 - 235, 242, 244 - 250, 261 - 263, 271, 272, 277, 287 - 289

A C de la Loire, Nantes: N° 221, 222, 236 - 238, 251, 252, 266 - 268, 281 - 283

Arsenal de Cherbourg: N° 223, 224

Arsenal de Toulon: N° 225, 226

F C de la Méditerranée, Granville: N° 227 - 229, 243, 253 - 257, 284 - 286

Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux: N° 264, 265, 273, 274

F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne: N° 269, 270

A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire: N° 290 - 292

Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône / Saigon: 9S

Completed

1897: N° 201 - 205

1898: N° 207 - 209, 221, 222

1899: N° 206, 210 - 212, 216 - 220, 227, 230 - 234, 236 - 238

1900: N° 213 - 215, 228, 229, 235, 239 - 241, 245, 251, 252

1901: N° 242, 246 - 250, 253, 254, 258 - 260

1902: N° 223, 255 - 257, 261 - 269, 275, 276

1903: N° 225, 226, 244, 270 - 274, 277, 9S

1904: N° 224, 243, 278 - 292

Losses

N° 205 (8/1909), N° 251 (26.10.1914), 1M (ex-N° 261) (24.11.1912), 2M (ex-N° 262) (24.11.1912)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1908: N° 234

1910: N° 201, 5M (ex-No 287)

1911: N° 203, 204, 209, 210, 223, 7S (ex-N° 244), 10S (ex-N° 245), 11S (ex-N° 246), 12S (ex-N° 247), 13S (ex-N° 248), 257, 3M (ex-N° 271), 4M (ex-N° 272), 8S (ex-N° 277), 6M (ex-N° 290), 9S

1912: N° 202, 211, 216, 220, 227, 232, 237

1913: Etoile (ex-N° 207), 212 - 214, 218, 219, 225, 228 - 230, 233, 240, 241

1914: N° 236, 14S (ex-N° 249), 253, 15S (ex-N° 254)

1915: N° 265

1919: N° 206, Marteau (ex-N° 208), 224, Etau (ex-N° 226), 231, Enclume (ex-N° 235), 238, 239, 6S (ex-N° 242), 258, 259, 264, 269, 270, 273, 281

1920: Foyer (ex-N° 215), Ragas (ex-N° 217), Ringard (ex-N° 221), Rouable (ex-N° 222), 250, 252, 16S (ex-N° 255), 256, 260, 263, 267, 268, 274 - 276, 279, 280, 282, 283, 17S (ex-N° 284), 19S (ex-N° 286), 289

1921: N° 278, 18S (ex-N° 285), 288

1922: N° 243, 266, 20S (ex-N° 291), 21S (ex-N° 292)

 

Displacement normal, t

83 - 90

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

37.0

Breadth, m

4.20

Draught, m

1.22

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers

N° 243: 1 Rateau steam turbine, 2 Normand boilers

Power, h. p.

N° 201 - 211, 223 - 226, 230 - 232, 236 - 242, 244, 251, 252, 258 - 259: 1500

N° 212 - 222, 227 - 229, 233 - 235, 243, 245 - 250, 253 - 257, 260 - 277: 1800

N° 278 - 292: 1900

Max speed, kts

N° 201 - 277: 24

N° 278 - 292: 26

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 1 - 380 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 380 TT

Complement

23

Project history: A large class with many variations in details. The Normand-built 207-205 were the prototypes, and during the construction of the class Normand-inspired modifications continually uprated the engines, reaching an actual figure of 2000ihp in 278-279. They were the first class designed with two boilers (and consequently had two funnels) and were considered economical steamers. 243 was completed with two experimental Rateau turbines, the first in the French Navy.

Modernizations: 1915 - 1917, N° 252, 266, 278: were converted to minesweepers; - 1 x 1 - 380 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear

1915 - 1916, some boats: - 1 - 380 TT, 1 x 1 - 380 TT; + 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT

Naval service: 9S was shipped to Saigon for assembly and 242, 244-249,254,255,277, 284-286, 291 and 292 went to Saigon; 267,262, 270,272,287- and 290 went to the Indian Ocean flotilla based at Diego Suarez.

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