Yser 1918
Marne 1920s
Somme 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Aisne | Arsenal de Lorient | 1916 | 7.1917 | 1918 | BU 1939 | ||
| Marne | Arsenal de Lorient | 1916 | 25.11.1916 | 1917 | scuttled 10.3.1945 | ||
| Meuse | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1916 | 6.1917 | 1918 | BU 1938 | ||
| Oise | Arsenal de Brest | 1916 | 12.10.1916 | 1917 | BU 1938 | ||
| Somme | Arsenal de Brest | 1916 | 3.1917 | 1917 | sold 10.1941 | ||
| Yser | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1916 | 1.1917 | 1917 | scuttled 27.11.1942 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Marne: 601 others: 566 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
78.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.90 |
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Draught, m |
3.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Marne: 5000 others: 4000 |
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Max speed, kts |
Marne: 21 others: 20 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 143 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(11) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 1 DCR |
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Complement |
113 |
Project history: Built under the 1916 programme. Differed from each other a little, in particular, Marne and Aisne were twin-funneled, remaining ships had one funnel. Besides, Marne had more powerful turbines.
Modernizations: ~1920, Aisne, Marne, Meuse, Oise, Yser: armament was changed to 4 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, (2 x 1 - 65/50 M1902 or 2 x 1 - 47/50 M1902), 1 DCR.
~1920, Somme: armament was changed to 4 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCR.
Naval service: Marne participated in the French-Thai war and was scuttled in Indochina 10.3.1945, later she was raised and scrapped in 1957. Somme was paid off and broken up 14.10.1941. Yser was scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942, salvaged, served under German flag as SG37. She was never commissioned again by French Navy and broken up in 1946.
Marne 1939
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