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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Durandal	M0		Normand, Le Havre	1896	11.2.1899	7/1899	stricken 4.1919
Hallebarde	M1		Normand, Le Havre	1896	8.6.1899	8/1899	stricken 3.1920
Fauconneau	M2		Normand, Le Havre	1897	2.4.1900	7/1900	stricken 1.1921
Espingole	M3		Normand, Le Havre	1897	28.6.1900	9/1900	wrecked 4.2.1903

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Durandal, Hallebarde: 296 Fauconneau, Espingole: 306
Displacement full, t
Length, m	57.6 oa 56.0 wl
Breadth, m	6.30
Draught, m	3.17
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	4800
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	coal 75
Endurance, nm(kts)	2300(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 6 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 380 TT
Complement	52

Project history

Durandal and Hallebarde were designed by Normand and ordered on 25.8.1896 as prototypes of the 300 ton contre-torpilleur. They had a turtleback forecastle and a flying deck aft, with two masts and two funnels separated by the machinery. Fauconneau and Espingole differed by having a stronger hull and a slightly raised bow. The boilers in this class were long and difficult to fire.

Modernizations

1908, all survived: mainmast was removed

1915, some survived: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885 AA

1916, some survived: - 1 x 1 - 65/50; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCT (6 - 12 DC)

1917, some survived: + 1 x 1 - 8.80

1918, some survived: - 1 DCT

Naval service

Espingole wrecked 4.2.1903 in Cavalaire Bay, off Cavalaire-sur-Mer.

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