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Names |
N°75 - 125 |
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Builders |
A C de la Loire, Nantes: N°75-80, 85, 86 A C de la Loire, Saint-Denis: N°81-84 Cail, Paris: N°87-92 Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône: N°93-98, 121-125 F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne: N°99-104 F C de la Méditerranée, Granville: N°105-114 A C de la Gironde, Bordeaux: N°115-120 |
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Completed |
1887-1888: N°75-104 1888-1889: N°105-125 |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1900-1910: N°75-125 |
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Displacement normal, t |
53 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
35.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
3.35 |
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Draught, m |
0.89 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VCR, 1 locomotive boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
525 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
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Armament |
2 - 380 TT (bow, 4) |
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Complement |
16 |
Project history: The first series (Nos 75-104) were ordered on 22.6.1885 and although the design was already under heavy criticism Nos 105-125 were ordered on 15.2.1886. Although based on the preceding Normand boats, they had a raised turtleback bow section and a second stern rudder in tandem, but proved to be highly unsatisfactory. They were unstable and slow and their entry into service was considerably delayed by a decision to replace their boilers. In February 1887 it was decided that 2 torpedoes would have to be landed, but even so their modifications had made them heavier and they never again reached their trial speeds - below the designed 20kts in most cases.
Modernizations: 1890s, almost all: + 2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885
Naval service: The surviving boats were stricken or scrapped in the first decade of this century.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014