Ailette 1918
Ailette 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ailette | Arsenal de Brest | 1917 | 3.1918 | 1918 | sold 10.1941 | ||
| Escaut | Arsenal de Brest | 1917 | 3.1918 | 1918 | stricken 1934 |
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Displacement normal, t |
492 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
70.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.31 |
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Draught, m |
3.05 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Du Temple boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
4000 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 143 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(11) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, 2 x 1 - 65/50 M1902 |
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Complement |
107 |
Project history: Built under the 1917 programme. Intended for service as decoy ships, therefore had an outline profile of merchant vessel and artillery masked by folding shields.
Modernizations: 1930s, Ailette: - 2 x 1 - 65/50; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897
Naval service: Ailette before WWII used for fishery protection and paid off 30.10.1941 in Morocco.
Ailette
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