NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
N°75 - 125	A C de la Loire, Nantes: N°75-80, 85, 86 A C de la Loire, Saint-Denis: N°81-84 Cail, Paris: N°87-92 Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône: N°93-98, 121-125 F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne: N°99-104 F C de la Méditerranée, Granville: N°105-114 A C de la Gironde, Bordeaux: N°115-120	1887-1888: N°75-104 1888-1889: N°105-125	none	none	1900-1910: N°75-125

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	53
Displacement full, t
Length, m	35.0 pp
Breadth, m	3.35
Draught, m	0.89
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VCR, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.	525
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 - 380 TT (bow, 4)
Complement	16

Project history

The first series (Nos 75-104) were ordered on 22.6.1885 and although the design was already under heavy criticism Nos 105-125 were ordered on 15.2.1886. Although based on the preceding Normand boats, they had a raised turtleback bow section and a second stern rudder in tandem, but proved to be highly unsatisfactory. They were unstable and slow and their entry into service was considerably delayed by a decision to replace their boilers. In February 1887 it was decided that 2 torpedoes would have to be landed, but even so their modifications had made them heavier and they never again reached their trial speeds - below the designed 20kts in most cases.

Modernizations

1890s, almost all: + 2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885

Naval service

The surviving boats were stricken or scrapped in the first decade of this century.