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Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
N°126 - 129	Normand, Le Havre: N°126-129	1889: N°126, 127 1890: N°128, 129	none	none	1908-1914: N°126-129

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	71
Displacement full, t	78
Length, m	36.0 wl
Breadth, m	3.92
Draught, m	1.15
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VCR, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.	900
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 2 x 1 - 380 TT
Complement	21

Project history

Ordered 12.9.1887 (126, 127)and 23.5.1888. Normand was highly critical of the 35-metre design, and their dismal history vindicated his decision not to become involved in the building programme. Instead he proposed his own design, which was in every way superior. With two trainable TT in single mountings and 2 QF guns, this class was still more stable and faster than the 35-metre type. They were originally given a light schooner rig and were used for extensive trials and manoeuvres. In many ways they were the forerunners of all the small TBs of the French 'défense mobile' down to 1908.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

They were stricken between 1908 and 1914.