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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

TORPEDO SHIPS

NO 295 torpedo boats

No295 1906

No339 as patrol boat 1918

No340 1910

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
No 295   A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre   1/1906 8/1906 stricken 1920
No 296   A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre   24/4/1906 7/1906 stricken 1921
No 297   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   26/7/1905 1/1906 stricken 1921
No 298   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   9/10/1905 2/1906 stricken 1919
No 299   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   28/10/1905 3/1906 stricken 1921
No 300   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   27/10/1905 2/1908 sunk 1/11/1916
No 301   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   10/1905 5/1906 stricken 1921
No 302   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   14/12/1905 3/1906 stricken 1921
No 303   A C de la Loire, Nantes   27/12/1904 12/1905 stricken 1920
No 304   A C de la Loire, Nantes   24/1/1905 2/1906 stricken 1919
No 305   A C de la Loire, Nantes   23/2/1905 5/1906 stricken 1919
No 306   F C de la Méditerranée, Granville   6/5/1905 10/1905 stricken 1920
No 307   F C de la Méditerranée, Granville   7/1905 12/1905 stricken 1920
No 308   F C de la Méditerranée, Granville   13/9/1905 1/1906 stricken 1921
No 309   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   6/1905 3/1906 stricken 1920
No 310   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   8/1905 5/1906 stricken 1925
No 311   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   1905 5/1906 stricken 1920
No 312   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   17/6/1905 12/1905 stricken 1920
No 313   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   1905 12/1905 stricken 1920
No 314   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   2/9/1905 1/1906 stricken 1920
No 315   A C Dubigeon, Nantes   1905 10/1905 stricken 1933
No 316   A C Dubigeon, Nantes   1905 1/1906 stricken 1921
No 317   A C Dubigeon, Nantes   1905 2/1906 sunk 27/2/1916
No 318   A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre   6/8/1906 10/1907 stricken 1922
No 319   A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre   4/9/1906 10/1907 sunk 19/1/1915
No 320   A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre   20/10/1906 5/1907 stricken 1920
No 321   A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre   22/11/1906 10/1907 stricken 1936
No 322   A C Dubigeon, Nantes   26/10/1905 7/1906 stricken 1921
No 323   A C Dubigeon, Nantes   9/1/1906 7/1906 stricken 1920
No 324   A C Dubigeon, Nantes   9/4/1906 12/1906 stricken 1924
No 325   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   16/3/1906 6/1906 sunk 22/1/1919
No 326   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   10/4/1906 10/1907 stricken 1920
No 327   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   3/7/1906 1/1907 stricken 1930
No 328   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   9/6/1906 8/1907 stricken 1925
No 329   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   3/7/1906 1/1907 stricken 1920
No 330   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   7/1906 1/1908 stricken 1927
No 331   F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux   9/1906 1/1908 collision 13/6/1915
No 332   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   23/5/1906 1/1907 stricken 1925
No 333   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   9/6/1906 1/1907 collision 12/3/1918
No 334   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   7/1906 8/1907 stricken 1920
No 335   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   9/1906 12/1907 stricken 1920
No 336   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   3/1906 12/1907 stricken 1921
No 337   Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux   11/1906 4/1908 stricken 1931
No 338   Brasse et Fouché, Prairie-au-Duc   25/2/1906 5/1906 stricken 1920
No 339   Brasse et Fouché, Prairie-au-Duc   25/4/1906 9/1906 stricken 1925
No 340   Brasse et Fouché, Prairie-au-Duc   21/9/1906 9/1907 stricken 1920
No 341   F C de la Méditerranée, Graville   22/1/1906 11/1906 stricken 1921
No 342   F C de la Méditerranée, Graville   1/1906 7/1906 stricken 1922
No 343   F C de la Méditerranée, Graville   24/3/1906 8/1906 stricken 1920
No 344   F C de la Méditerranée, Graville   20/4/1906 8/1906 stricken 1920
No 345   F C de la Méditerranée, Graville   11/5/1906 9/1906 stricken 1920
No 346   F C de la Méditerranée, Graville   7/6/1906 10/1906 stricken 1920
No 347   A C de la Loire, Nantes   2/1906 9/1906 collision 9/10/1914
No 348   A C de la Loire, Nantes   2/1906 9/1906 collision 9/10/1914
No 349   A C de la Loire, Nantes   10/11/1905 8/1906 stricken 1937
No 350   A C de la Loire, Nantes   7/5/1906 8/1906 stricken 1921
No 351   A C de la Loire, Nantes   5/6/1906 10/1906 stricken 1922
No 352   A C de la Loire, Nantes   5/7/1906 1/1907 stricken 1921
No 353   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   2/1906 3/1907 stricken 1920
No 354   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   2/1906 5/1907 stricken 1919
No 355   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   2/1906 11/1906 stricken 1920
No 356   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   6/1906 1/1907 stricken 1920
No 357   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   7/1906 7/1907 stricken 1921
No 358   Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône   9/1906 8/1907 stricken 1915
No 359   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   3/1906 7/1906 stricken 1920
No 360   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   4/1906 7/1906 stricken 1922
No 361   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   4/1906 7/1906 stricken 1921
No 362   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   20/4/1906 7/1906 stricken 1921
No 363   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   6/1906 10/1906 stricken 1920
No 364   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   4/1906 11/1906 stricken 1920
No 365   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   7/1906 11/1908 stricken 1921
No 366   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   11/1906 5/1909 stricken 1922
No 367   A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire   19/9/1906 2/1907 stricken 1920
No 368   Arsenal de Toulon   2/3/1907 12/1907 stricken 1925
No 369   Arsenal de Toulon   3/1907 3/1908 scuttled 27/11/1942

 

Displacement normal, t

99 - 101

Displacement full, t

  

Length, m

38.0

Breadth, m

4.40

Draught, m

1.88

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE, 2 Normand or Guyot-du Temple boilers

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

coal

Armament

2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 450 TT

Complement

23

Ship project history: 2nd class torpedo boats, possessed insignificant seaworthiness and low endurance, however were actively used during the First World War. Partly they were converted to patrols (instead of twin TT they received 75mm AA gun); Nos297, 301, 304, 306, 308, 313, 315, 316, 320-322, 324, 327 and 352 were converted to minesweepers.

Modernizations: 1915 - 1917, No 297, 301, 304, 306, 308, 313, 315, 316, 320 - 322, 324, 327, 352: were converted to minesweepers; - 1 x 2 - 450 TT; + sweeps.

1915 - 1917, some boats were converted to patrols: - 1 x 2 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1915

Naval service: 8 boats were lost: No300 was mined off Le Havre 1/11/1916, No317 was mined off Calais 27/11/1916, No319 was mined off Nieuport 19/1/1915, No325 was mined 22/1/1919 off Kerkenah Island (Tunisia), No331 was lost as result of collision 13/6/1915 off Tunisia, No333 collided 12/3/1918 off Tunisia, No347 and No348 collided 9/10/1914 in the North Sea.

 

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