Chasseur-class destroyer

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A postcard of Chasseur at anchor
Class overview
NameChasseur class
Operators
Preceded by Voltigeur class
Succeeded by Bouclier class
Built19091910
In commission19091927
Completed4
Lost1
Scrapped3
General characteristics
Type Destroyer
Displacement
Length64.2–65.4 m (210 ft 8 in – 214 ft 7 in) (p/p)
Beam6.5–6.7 m (21 ft 4 in – 22 ft 0 in)
Draft3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts; 3 steam turbines
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range1,400–1,500  nmi (2,600–2,800 km; 1,600–1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement77–79
Armament

The Chasseur class consisted of four destroyers built for the French Navy during the first decade of the twentieth century. They saw service during the First World War. One ship was sunk during the war and the survivors were scrapped afterwards. A fifth ship was sold to Peru.

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Design and description

The Chasseur class was based on the earlier Spahi class, albeit with oil-fired boilers. [1] They had a length between perpendiculars of 64.2–65.4 meters (210 ft 8 in – 214 ft 7 in), a beam of 6.5–6.7 meters (21 ft 4 in – 22 ft 0 in), [2] and a draft of 3.1 meters (10 ft 2 in). Designed to displaced 450 metric tons (443 long tons ), the ships displaced 520 t (512 long tons) at deep load. Their crews numbered 77–179 men. [1]

The destroyers were powered by three Parsons direct-drive steam turbines, each driving one propeller shafts using steam provided by four water-tube boilers of two different types. The engines were designed to produce 7,200 shaft horsepower (5,400  kW ) which was intended to give the ships a speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph); during their sea trials, the destroyers demonstrated speeds of 28.6–31 knots (53.0–57.4 km/h; 32.9–35.7 mph). The ships carried 135 t (133 long tons) of fuel oil (Cavalier still used coal) which gave them a range of 1,520 nautical miles (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at a cruising speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). [3]

The primary armament of the Chasseur-class ships consisted of six 65-millimeter (2.6 in) Modèle 1902 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure and the others were distributed amidships. They were also fitted with three 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. One of these was in a fixed mount in the bow and the other two were on single rotating mounts amidships. [1]

Ships

NameBuilderLaunchedFate
Chasseur Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre 20 February 1909Struck, October 1919.
Actée Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône 1909Sold incomplete to Peru as BAP Teniente Rodríguez in 1911; hulked in 1939.
Cavalier Normand, Le Havre9 May 1910Training ship from 1914. Struck, December 1927.
Fantassin Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer 17 June 1909Sunk after collision with Mameluck, 5 June 1916.
Janissaire Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire 12 April 1910Struck, October 1920.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gardiner & Gray, p. 202
  2. Couhat, p. 99
  3. Couhat, pp. 99–100

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