Éscopette 1903
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Pertuisane | M8 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 6.1899 | 5.12.1900 | 9.1902 | stricken 3.1923 | |
Éscopette | M9 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1.1900 | 20.12.1900 | 1.1903 | stricken 4.1921 | |
Flamberge | M10 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 6.1899 | 28.10.1901 | 7.1903 | stricken 10.1920 | |
Rapière | M11 | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1.1900 | 16.7.1901 | 5.1903 | stricken 10.1921 |
Displacement normal, t |
306 |
Displacement full, t |
344 |
Length, m |
56.0 wl 57.6 oa |
Breadth, m |
6.30 |
Draught, m |
3.20 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers |
Power, h. p. |
4800 |
Max speed, kts |
26 |
Fuel, t |
coal ~80 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2300(10) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 380 TT |
Complement | 52 |
Project history: 300t type. This class was also called "Les Rochefortais". Ordered 8.6.1899 to Normand plans. Very similar to Fauconneau and Espingole except that their funnels were slightly raked.
Modernizations: 1908, all survived: mainmast was removed
1915, some survived: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885 AA
1916, some survived: - 1 x 1 - 65/50; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCT (6 - 12 DC)
1917, some survived: + 1 x 1 - 8.80
1918, some survived: - 1 DCT
Naval service: No significant events.
Rapière 1905
Flamberge
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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