NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
N° 295			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre		1.1906	8.1906	stricken 1920
N° 296			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre		24.4.1906	7.1906	stricken 1921
N° 297			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		26.7.1905	1.1906	stricken 1921
N° 298			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		9.10.1905	2.1906	stricken 1919
N° 299			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		28.10.1905	3.1906	stricken 1921
N° 300			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		27.10.1905	2.1908	sunk 1.11.1916
N° 301			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		10.1905	5.1906	stricken 1921
N° 302			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		14.12.1905	3.1906	stricken 1921
N° 303			A C de la Loire, Nantes		27.12.1904	12.1905	stricken 1920
N° 304			A C de la Loire, Nantes		24.1.1905	2.1906	stricken 1919
N° 305			A C de la Loire, Nantes		23.2.1905	5.1906	stricken 1919
N° 306			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		6.5.1905	10.1905	stricken 1920
N° 307			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		7.1905	12.1905	stricken 1920
N° 308			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		13.9.1905	1.1906	stricken 1921
N° 309			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		6.1905	3.1906	stricken 1920
N° 310			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		8.1905	5.1906	stricken 1925
N° 311			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		1905	5.1906	stricken 1920
N° 312			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		17.6.1905	12.1905	stricken 1920
N° 313			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		1905	12.1905	stricken 1920
N° 314			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		2.9.1905	1.1906	stricken 1920
N° 315			A C Dubigeon, Nantes		1905	10.1905	stricken 1933
N° 316			A C Dubigeon, Nantes		1905	1.1906	stricken 1921
N° 317			A C Dubigeon, Nantes		1905	2.1906	sunk 27.2.1916
N° 318			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre		6.8.1906	10.1907	stricken 1922
N° 319			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre		4.9.1906	10.1907	sunk 19.1.1915
N° 320			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre		20.10.1906	5.1907	stricken 1920
N° 321			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre		22.11.1906	10.1907	stricken 1936
N° 322			A C Dubigeon, Nantes		26.10.1905	7.1906	stricken 1921
N° 323			A C Dubigeon, Nantes		9.1.1906	7.1906	stricken 1920
N° 324			A C Dubigeon, Nantes		9.4.1906	12.1906	stricken 1924
N° 325			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		16.3.1906	6.1906	sunk 22.1.1919
N° 326			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		10.4.1906	10.1907	stricken 1920
N° 327			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		3.7.1906	1.1907	stricken 1930
N° 328			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		9.6.1906	8.1907	stricken 1925
N° 329			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		3.7.1906	1.1907	stricken 1920
N° 330			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		7.1906	1.1908	stricken 1927
N° 331			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux		9.1906	1.1908	collision 13.6.1915
N° 332			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		23.5.1906	1.1907	stricken 1925
N° 333			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		9.6.1906	1.1907	collision 12.3.1918
N° 334			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		7.1906	8.1907	stricken 1920
N° 335			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		9.1906	12.1907	stricken 1920
N° 336			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		3.1906	12.1907	stricken 1921
N° 337			Dyle et Bacalan, Bourdeaux		11.1906	4.1908	stricken 1931
N° 338			Brasse et Fouché, Prairie-au-Duc		25.2.1906	5.1906	stricken 1920
N° 339			Brasse et Fouché, Prairie-au-Duc		25.4.1906	9.1906	stricken 1925
N° 340			Brasse et Fouché, Prairie-au-Duc		21.9.1906	9.1907	stricken 1920
N° 341			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		22.1.1906	11.1906	stricken 1921
N° 342			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		1.1906	7.1906	stricken 1922
N° 343			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		24.3.1906	8.1906	stricken 1920
N° 344			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		20.4.1906	8.1906	stricken 1920
N° 345			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		11.5.1906	9.1906	stricken 1920
N° 346			F C de la Méditerranée, Granville		7.6.1906	10.1906	stricken 1920
N° 347			A C de la Loire, Nantes		2.1906	9.1906	collision 9.10.1914
N° 348			A C de la Loire, Nantes		2.1906	9.1906	collision 9.10.1914
N° 349			A C de la Loire, Nantes		10.11.1905	8.1906	stricken 1937
N° 350			A C de la Loire, Nantes		7.5.1906	8.1906	stricken 1921
N° 351			A C de la Loire, Nantes		5.6.1906	10.1906	stricken 1922
N° 352			A C de la Loire, Nantes		5.7.1906	1.1907	stricken 1921
N° 353			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		2.1906	3.1907	stricken 1920
N° 354			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		2.1906	5.1907	stricken 1919
N° 355			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		2.1906	11.1906	stricken 1920
N° 356			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		6.1906	1.1907	stricken 1920
N° 357			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		7.1906	7.1907	stricken 1921
N° 358			Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône		9.1906	8.1907	stricken 1915
N° 359			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		3.1906	7.1906	stricken 1920
N° 360			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		4.1906	7.1906	stricken 1922
N° 361			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		4.1906	7.1906	stricken 1921
N° 362			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		20.4.1906	7.1906	stricken 1921
N° 363			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		6.1906	10.1906	stricken 1920
N° 364			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		4.1906	11.1906	stricken 1920
N° 365			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		7.1906	11.1908	stricken 1921
N° 366			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		11.1906	5.1909	stricken 1922
N° 367			A C de la Loire et Penhoët, St-Nazaire		19.9.1906	2.1907	stricken 1920
N° 368			Arsenal de Toulon		2.3.1907	12.1907	stricken 1925
N° 369			Arsenal de Toulon		3.1907	3.1908	scuttled 27.11.1942

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	99 - 101
Displacement full, t	103 - 105
Length, m	38.0
Breadth, m	4.40
Draught, m	1.88
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 Normand or du Temple boilers
Power, h. p.	N°295-367: 2000 N°368, 369: 1800
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(10)
Armament	2 x 5 - 37/20 M1885, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 450 TT
Complement	23

Standard scale images

Project history

This last series of TBs for the 'défense mobile'  formed a particularly homogeneous class. They were based on the previous 37-metre type - most of the extra tonnage being attributable to the greater torpedo armament - but with a number of Normand modifications. Not only was the TT calibre increased but the two trainable tubes were mounted end-to-end on a single pivot aft. An increase in gun calibre was considered but rejected on the grounds of weight and the impossibility of matching contemporary destroyer armament, so this class retained the 37mm/20cal Hotchkiss 1885 model despite criticism of its low muzzle velocity.

All except 3 boats were fitted with the Normand-designed engines that were so successful in the preceding 278 and 279, and although they achieved less speed they were economical, giving 600nm at 18kts or 2000nm at 10kts. Nos 366, 368 and 369 had experimental machinery, 366's Lentz engine being so disappointing that her entry into service was delayed for 2 years while she was re-engined at the builder's expense; 368 and 369 had Delauncey-Belleville engines (with forced lubrication) of reduced power (1800ihp) and lower speed but increased economy.

Although generally satisfactory, this class was received into service with no great enthusiasm. Small TBs were considered obsolescent, and the concept of 'défense mobile' no longer seemed practical.

Modernizations

1915 - 1917, No 297, 301, 304, 306, 308, 313, 315, 316, 320 - 322, 324, 327, 352: were converted to minesweepers; - 1 x 2 - 450 TT; + mechanical minesweeping gear.

1915 - 1917, some boats were converted to patrols: - 1 x 2 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897

Naval service

8 boats were lost: No300 was mined off Le Havre 1.11.1916, No317 was mined off Calais 27.11.1916, No319 was mined off Nieuport 19.1.1915, No325 was mined 22.1.1919 off Kerkenah Island (Tunisia), No331 was lost as result of collision 13.6.1915 off Tunisia, No333 collided 12.3.1918 off Tunisia, No347 and No348 collided 9.10.1914 in the North Sea.