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TORPEDO SHIPS

ENSEIGNE ROUX class destroyers

Enseigne Roux 1918

Enseigne Gabolde 1923

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Enseigne Roux   Arsenal de Rochefort 12/1913 13/7/1915 1916 stricken 1936
Mécanicien Principal Lestin   Arsenal de Rochefort 11/1913 15/5/1915 1916 stricken 1935
Enseigne Gabolde   Normand, Le Havre 6/1914 23/4/1921 1923 stricken 1938

Enseigne Roux, Mécanicien Principal Lestin

Displacement normal, t

850

Displacement full, t

1075

Length, m

82.6

Breadth, m

8.60

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Parsons steam turbines, 4 Du Temple or Guyot boilers

Power, h. p.

17000

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

oil 175

Endurance, nm(kts) 1400(14)

Armament

2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 4 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 2 x 2 - 450 TT

Complement 76 - 81

Enseigne Gabolde

Displacement standard, t

835

Displacement full, t

normal 950

Length, m

82.1 wl 83.6 oa

Breadth, m

8.21

Draught, m

3.12

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Normand boilers

Power, h. p.

20000

Max speed, kts

31

Fuel, t

oil 196

Endurance, nm(kts) 1300(14)

Armament

3 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1915-18, 2 x 2 - 550 TT, 2 DCR (10), Pinocchio towed AS torpedo

Complement 80

Ship project history: Built under the 1913 program. Represented the enlarged variant of Bouclier / Bisson class destroyers with more powerful machinery and tripod mast. The third sister-ship was completed only in 1923 under modified project. Enseigne Gabolde had fwd guns placed superfiring, larger bridge and four funnels; on trials she reached 33 kts at 26000hp.

Modernizations: 1916 - 1918, both completed: + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1915 or M1915-18, 2 DCR (10), Pinocchio towed AS torpedo

Naval service: No significant events.

Enseigne Gabolde 1923

 

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