Boudeuse 1917
Tapageuse 1940
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Agile | Arsenal de Brest | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1933 | ||
Alerte | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1936 | ||
Ardent | Arsenal de Brest | 1916 | 5.3.1916 | 1916 | stricken 1936 | ||
Audacieuse | A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc | 1916 | 1917 | 1917 | BU 1.1940 | ||
Batailleuse | A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc | 1916 | 1917 | 1917 | sunk as target 1938 | ||
Belliqueuse | F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1928 | ||
Boudeuse | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | to Romania 1920 (spares) | ||
Capricieuse | A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1934 | ||
Courageuse | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1920 | ||
Curieuse | Arsenal de Lorient | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1926 | ||
Dédaigneuse | F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux | 1916 | 1916 | 1917 | scuttled 27.11.1942 | ||
Emporté | A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1928 | ||
Espiègle | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1916 | 1017 | 1917 | stricken 1920 | ||
Étourdi | Arsenal de Lorient | 1916 | 21.3.1916 | 1917 | scuttled 19.6.1940 | ||
Éveillé | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 1917 | 1917 | 1917 | stricken 1928 | ||
Gracieuse | Arsenal de Lorient | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1938 | ||
Impétueuse | F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux | 1916 | 1917 | 1917 | stricken 1938 | ||
Inconstant | Arsenal de Brest | 1916 | 6.3.1916 | 1916 | stricken 1933 | ||
Malicieuse | A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1939 | ||
Moqueuse | Arsenal de Lorient | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | wrecked 1923 | ||
Railleuse | A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc | 1916 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 3.1920 | ||
Sans Souci | Arsenal de Lorient | 12/1915 | 1916 | 1916 | stricken 1936 | ||
Tapageuse | A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc | 1916 | 1917 | 1917 | FNFL 11.1942, BU 1944 |
Displacement normal, t |
Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 266 others: 310 |
Displacement full, t |
Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 400 others: 410 |
Length, m |
60.2 |
Breadth, m |
7.20 |
Draught, m |
2.90 |
No of shafts |
Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 1 others: 2 |
Machinery |
Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 1 VTE, 2 Du Temple or Normand boilers others: 2 VTE, 2 Du Temple or Normand boilers |
Power, h. p. |
Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 1200 - 1500 others: 1200 - 2200 |
Max speed, kts |
Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 14 - 17 others: 14 - 17 |
Fuel, t |
coal 85 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2000(10) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 100/45 M1897, 2 DCT Ardent, Étourdi, Sans Souci: 2 x 1 - 145/45 M1910, 2 DCT |
Complement |
55 - 60 |
Project history: These ships were officially classified as "anti-submarine gunboats". Partly they were equipped by steam engines removed from old torpedo boats, therefore significantly differed from each other on machinery power and speed. The majority of the class were converted to minesweepers in 1920s.
Modernizations: 1918 - 1920, all survived: were converted to minesweepers; + mechanical minesweeping gear.
Naval service: Étourdi was scuttled at Brest 18.6.1940, in a year raised by Germans and broken up. Dédaigneuse was scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942, salvaged by Italians and named FR56; 9.9.1943 she was captured by Germans and served as minesweeper M6020, her ultimate fate is unknown.
Courageuse 1919
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