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Fantassin 1911 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Chasseur	M58		Normand, Le Havre	1907	20.2.1909	11.1909	stricken 10.1919
Janissaire	M63		Penhoët, St-Nazaire	1908	12.4.1910	6.1911	stricken 10.1920
Fantassin	M64		F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	1908	17.6.1909	6.1911	collision 5.6.1916
Cavalier	M65		Normand, Le Havre	1908	9.5.1910	1.1911	damaged 17.8.1914, repaired as TS, stricken 12.1927

Technical data

Displacement normal, t
Displacement full, t	520
Length, m	Chasseur, Cavalier: 64.2 pp Janissaire: 64.5 pp Fantassin: 65.4 pp
Breadth, m	Chasseur: 6.54 wl Janissaire, Cavalier: 6.60 wl Fantassin: 6.65 wl
Draught, m	3.10
No of shafts	3
Machinery	Chasseur, Cavalier, Fantassin: 3 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Normand boilers Janissaire: 3 Parsons steam turbines, 3 Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	7200
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	Chasseur: coal 99 others: oil 135
Endurance, nm(kts)	Chasseur: 1400(10) others: 1500(10)
Armament	6 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	77 - 79

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Project history

These ships had their boiler rooms placed before the engine room. They were the first ships in the French Navy to be fitted with oil-fired boilers (not Chasseur). On trials they proved successful exceeding their designed power by wide margins (8000-9000shp was reached) with speeds of 28.5kts-31kts. Their main drawback was that their turbines proved less sturdy than had been hoped.

Modernizations

1914, Cavalier: - 1 - 450 TT

Naval service

Fantassin was rammed by destroyer Mameluk at night 5.6.1916 in the Mediterranean and subsequently finished off by guns of Fauconneau. Earlier (17.8.1914) Fantassin collided with Cavalier in the Mediterranean; during repair Cavalier lost bow TT and later was used as school ship.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.