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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Corsaire			A C de la Loire, Saint-Denis	1891	5.10.1892	1893	sold 1913

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	148
Displacement full, t	168
Length, m	50.5 wl
Breadth, m	4.46
Draught, m	1.66
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 du Temple boilers
Power, h. p.	2500
Max speed, kts	25.5
Fuel, t	coal 21
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 x 1 - 380 TT (4)
Complement

Project history

One of three designs for very fast TBs authorised in April 1891. The last TB built in the Paris area (at the old Claparède yard) was an unmitigated failure - her maximum trial speed was only 24.23kts, her manoeuvring and seakeeping abilities were very poor, and the enormous consumption of fuel made nonsense of her 'haute mer' designation. She was reclassified as a 'torpilleur de défense mobile' in 1897.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.