nearly sister-ship Primrose 1917
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Aldébaran | Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK | 1916 | 19/5/1916 | 7/1916 | stricken 1934 | |
| Algol | Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK | 1916 | 17/6/1916 | 7/1916 | stricken 1935 | |
| Altair | Hamilton, Glasgow, UK | 2/1916 | 6/7/1916 | 9/1916 | stricken 1940 | |
| Antarès | Hamilton, Glasgow, UK | 3/1916 | 4/9/1916 | 10/1916 | stricken 1936 | |
| Bellatrix | Henderson, Glasgow, UK | 1916 | 29/5/1916 | 7/1916 | stricken 1933 | |
| Cassiopée | Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK | 9/1916 | 10/2/1917 | 4/1917 | stricken 1933 | |
| Régulus | Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK | 9/1916 | 19/3/1917 | 5/1917 | stricken 1935 | |
| Rigel | Henderson, Glasgow, UK | 1916 | 4/7/1916 | 8/1916 | sunk 2/10/1916 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
1250 |
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Displacement full, t |
1470 |
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Length, m |
76.2 pp 81.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.5 |
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Draught, m |
4.20 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
4-cyl VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
2800 |
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Max speed, kts |
17.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 260 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2400(12) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 DCT, 1 DCR |
|
Complement |
103 |
Ship project history: Built in UK under French order, similar to British Flower class. Successful multi-purpose ships, first ocean-going escorts.
Modernizations: 1918, all survived: - 4 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 75/35 M1915-18.
Naval service: Rigel was sunk 2/10/1916 at Algerian coast by torpedo from German submarine U35.
Cassiopée 1917
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