Surprise 1905
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Surprise | Augustin-Normand, Le Havre | 24/4/1895 | 1896 | sunk 3/12/1916 | ||
| Décidée | Arsenal de Lorient | 1898 | 1898 | stricken 1922 | ||
| Zélée | Arsenal de Rochefort | 18/10/1899 | 1900 | scuttled 29/9/1914 |
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Displacement normal, t |
617 - 637 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
56.3 pp |
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Breadth, m |
7.92 - 8.00 |
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Draught, m |
3.71 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
Surprise: HTE, 2 cylindrical boilers others: HTE, 2 Niclausse boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
900 |
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Max speed, kts |
13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 74 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 4 x 1 - 65/50 M1888-91, 4 x 1 - 37/23 M1884 |
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Complement |
103 |
Ship project history: Colonial steel-hulled gunboats with auxiliary barquentine rig.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Surprise was 3/12/1916 torpedoed by German submarine U38 off Azores. Zélée landed her guns on Tahiti and scuttled 29/9/1914 at Papéete to block the harbour to avoid attack of German cruisers.
Zélée
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