Yser 1918
Marne 1920s
Somme 1940
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Aisne | Arsenal de Lorient | 1916 | 7/1917 | 1918 | BU 1939 | |
| Marne | Arsenal de Lorient | 1916 | 25/11/1916 | 1917 | scuttled 10/3/1945 | |
| Meuse | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1916 | 6/1917 | 1918 | BU 1938 | |
| Oise | Arsenal de Brest | 1916 | 12/10/1916 | 1917 | BU 1938 | |
| Somme | Arsenal de Brest | 1916 | 3/1917 | 1917 | sold 10/1941 | |
| Yser | Arsenal de Rochefort | 1916 | 1/1917 | 1917 | scuttled 27/11/1942 |
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Displacement normal, t |
Marne: 601 others: 566 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
78.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.90 |
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Draught, m |
3.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Normand or Du Temple boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Marne: 5000 others: 4000 |
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Max speed, kts |
Marne: 21 others: 20 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 143 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(11) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 1 DCR |
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Complement |
113 |
Ship project history: Built under the 1916 program. Differed from each other a little, in particular, Marne and Aisne were twin-funneled, remaining ships had one funnel. Besides, Marne had more powerful turbines.
Modernizations: ~1920, all: armament was changed to 4 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, (1 x 1 - 75/35 M1915-18 (on Somme) or 2 x 1 - 65/50 M1902 or 2 x 1 - 47/50 M1902), 1 DCR.
Naval service: Marne participated in the French-Thai war and was scuttled in Indochina 10/3/1945, later she was raised and scrapped in 1957. Somme was paid off and broken up 14/10/1941. Yser was scuttled at Toulon 27/11/1942, salvaged, served under German flag as SG37. She was never commissioned again by French Navy and broken up in 1946.
Marne 1939
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