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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

TORPEDO SHIPS

THYELLA coastal destroyers (1906 - 1907 / 1916)

Sfendoni 1910

Thyella 1933

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Thyella (ex-Θύελλα [Thyella])   1199 Yarrow, Glasgow, UK 1905 1907 1907 // 12.1916 to Greece late 1918 (Θύελλα [Thyella])
Nafkratoussa (ex-Ναυκρατούσα [Nafkratoussa])   1208 Yarrow, Glasgow, UK 1905 1906 1906 // 12.1916 to Greece late 1918 (Ναυκρατούσα [Nafkratoussa])
Lonchi (ex-Λόγχη [Lonchi])   1230 Yarrow, Glasgow, UK 1905 7.7.1907 1907 // 12.1916 to Greece late 1918 (Λόγχη [Lonchi])
Sfendoni (ex-Σφενδόνη [Sfendoni])   1231 Yarrow, Glasgow, UK 1905 1907 1907 // 12.1916 to Greece late 1918 (Σφενδόνη [Sfendoni])
  

Displacement normal, t

352

Displacement full, t

380

Length, m

67.1

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 4 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

coal 88

Endurance, nm(kts) 1200(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/51 14pdr Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 57/59 6pdr Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

70

Project history: Typical destroyers of beginning of XX century. They were projected on the basis of Austro-Hungarian Hussar class destroyers, but with both TT in aft part and strengthened artillery. On trials they made 31.8-32.4kts. In 1916 all four of class were captured by French troops and till the end of First World War served under French flag.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014