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Enseigne Gabolde 1923 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Mécanicien Principal Lestin	M86		Arsenal de Rochefort	11.1913	15.5.1915	1916	stricken 1935
Enseigne Roux	M87		Arsenal de Rochefort	12.1913	13.7.1915	1916	stricken 1936
Enseigne Gabolde	M88		Normand, Le Havre	6.1914	23.4.1921	1923	stricken 1938

Technical data

Data variant	Enseigne Roux, Mécanicien Principal Lestin	Enseigne Gabolde
Displacement standard, t	---	835
Displacement normal, t	850
Displacement full, t	1075	normal 950
Length, m	82.6	82.1 wl 83.6 oa
Breadth, m	8.60	8.21
Draught, m	3.00	3.12
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Du Temple or Guyot boilers	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	17000	20000
Max speed, kts	30	31
Fuel, t	oil 175	oil 196
Endurance, nm(kts)	1400(14)	1300(14)
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 4 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 2 x 2 - 450 TT	3 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 2 - 550 TT, 2 DCR (10), Pinocchio towed AS torpedo
Complement	76 - 81	80

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Project history

All three ships ordered under 1913 programme. The first two of the trio were begun in 1913 and completed in 1916, the third ship was completed after the war to a modified plan (she was planned as an experimental ship). These ships were enlarged versions of the 800 tonners design fitted with tripod masts. Armament of Enseigne Roux class was the same as fitted on earlier ships and was augmented during the war with one 75mm AA gun, ten DC of Guiraud type and Pinocchio towed AS torpedo. On trials they reached 30-31kts.

Experimental destroyer Enseigne Gabolde was suspended on the slip after the outbreak of war. She was to be fitted with Parsons geared turbines for greater economy. Her building was resumed only shortly before the end of the war and finished in 1923 to a modified design taking into account the lessons of the war. During the war the ex-Argentine Opiniâtre and Téméraire were fitted with her 4 boilers. She carried 4 funnels (rear pair were shorter than those forward) and had a larger bridge; the forward guns were superimposed (which proved an unsatisfactory arrangement because of the ship's small size). She developed 26,000shp and reached over 33kts on trials.

Modernizations

1916 - 1918, both completed: + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 DCR (10), Pinocchio towed AS torpedo

Naval service

No significant events.

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