Chasseur-class destroyer

	A postcard of Chasseur at anchor
Class overview
Name	Chasseur class
Operators	French Navy ; Peruvian Navy ;
Preceded by	Voltigeur class
Succeeded by	Bouclier class
Built	1909–1910
In commission	1909–1927
Completed	4
Lost	1
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	450 t (443 long tons) (designed); 520 t (512 long tons) (deep load);
Length	64.2–65.4 m (210 ft 8 in – 214 ft 7 in) (p/p)
Beam	6.5–6.7 m (21 ft 4 in – 22 ft 0 in)
Draft	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power	3–4 water-tube boilers ; 7,200 shp (5,369 kW);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 steam turbines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	1,400–1,500 nmi (2,600–2,800 km; 1,600–1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	77–79
Armament	6 × 65 mm (2.6 in) guns; 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes ;

Last updated March 26, 2023

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.

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

Name	Builder	Launched	Fate
Chasseur	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre	20 February 1909	Struck, October 1919.
Actée	Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône	1909	Sold incomplete to Peru as BAP Teniente Rodríguez in 1911; hulked in 1939.
Cavalier	Normand, Le Havre	9 May 1910	Training ship from 1914. Struck, December 1927.
Fantassin	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer	17 June 1909	Sunk after collision with Mameluck, 5 June 1916.
Janissaire	Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire	12 April 1910	Struck, October 1920.

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References

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↑ Couhat, p. 99
↑ Couhat, pp. 99–100

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[gg2-1] 1 2 3 Gardiner & Gray, p. 202

[c5-2] Couhat, p. 99

[3] Couhat, pp. 99–100

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v t e Chasseur-class destroyers
French Navy	Chasseur Janissaire Fantassin Cavalier Actée
Peruvian Navy	Teniente Rodríguez (ex-Actée)
Preceded by: Voltigeur class Followed by: Bouclier class
List of destroyers of the French Navy

v t e French naval ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Courbet Bretagne Normandie ^X Lyon ^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Jauréguiberry ^S Bouvet ^S Charlemagne Suffren ^S République Liberté Danton
Coast defense ships	Henri IV ^S
Armoured cruisers	Dupuy de Lôme ^S Amiral Charner Pothuau ^S Jeanne d'Arc ^S Gueydon Dupleix Gloire Léon Gambetta Jules Michelet ^S Ernest Renan ^S Edgar Quinet
Protected cruisers	Amiral Cécille ^S Forbin Troude Friant Linois Descartes D'Assas D'Entrecasteaux ^S Guichen ^S Châteaurenault ^S D'Estrées Jurien de la Gravière ^S
Light cruisers	La Motte-Picquet ^X
Destroyers	Durandal Framée Pertuisane Arquebuse Claymore Branlebas Spahi Voltigeur Chasseur Bouclier Bisson Enseigne Roux Enseigne Gabolde ^S^C M89 ^X Aventurier Arabe
Submarines	Sirène Aigrette Argonaute ^S Émeraude Circé Pluviôse Brumaire Archimède ^S Mariotte ^S Amiral Bourgois ^S Charles Brun ^S Clorinde Gustave Zédé Amphitrite Bellone Dupuy de Lôme Diane Joessel Lagrange Armide O'Byrne
Seaplane carriers	Foudre ^S
S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

Class overview
A postcard of Chasseur at anchor
Name	Chasseur class
Operators	French Navy Peruvian Navy
Preceded by	Voltigeur class
Succeeded by	Bouclier class
Built	1909–1910
In commission	1909–1927
Completed	4
Lost	1
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	450 t (443 long tons) (designed) 520 t (512 long tons) (deep load)
Length	64.2–65.4 m (210 ft 8 in – 214 ft 7 in) (p/p)
Beam	6.5–6.7 m (21 ft 4 in – 22 ft 0 in)
Draft	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power	3–4 water-tube boilers 7,200 shp (5,369 kW)
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 steam turbines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	1,400–1,500 nmi (2,600–2,800 km; 1,600–1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	77–79
Armament	6 × 65 mm (2.6 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes