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Hussard 1915

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Spahi	M55		F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	1906	3.5.1908	7.1910	stricken 12.1927
Hussard	M59		C de la Loire, Nantes	1906	12.9.1908	9.1911	stricken 3.1922
Carabinier	M60		Penhoët, St-Nazaire	1906	10.10.1908	10.1909	sunk 15.11.1918
Lansquenet	M61		Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux	1907	20.11.1909	10.1910	stricken 12.1928
Mameluk	M62		C de la Loire, Nantes	1907	10.3.1909	6.1911	stricken 2.1928
Enseigne Henry	M78		Arsenal de Rochefort	1910	12.5.1911	4.1912	stricken 6.1928
Aspirant Herber	M79		Arsenal de Rochefort	1909	30.4.1912	8.1912	stricken 7.1930

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	530
Displacement full, t	550
Length, m	Spahi: 64.6 pp ~67.0 oa Hussard, Mameluk: 65.8 pp ~67.0 oa Carabinier: 64.2 pp ~67.0 oa Lansquenet, Enseigne Henry, Aspirant Herber: 64.0 pp ~67.0 oa
Breadth, m	Spahi: 6.05 wl Hussard, Mameluk, Lansquenet, Enseigne Henry, Aspirant Herber: 6.60 Carabinier: 6.48 wl
Draught, m	Spahi, Lansquenet, Enseigne Henry, Aspirant Herber: 2.30 Hussard, Mameluk, Carabinier: 2.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Spahi, Lansquenet: 2 VTE, 4 Normand boilers Hussard, Mameluk: 2 VTE, 4 Du Temple boilers Enseigne Henry, Aspirant Herber, Carabinier: 2 VTE, 4 Guyot boilers
Power, h. p.	Spahi: 9000 others: 7500
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	coal 95 Lansquenet: coal 115
Endurance, nm(kts)	1200(10) Lansquenet: 2880(10)
Armament	6 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	77 - 79

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Project history

The first seven ships (named after troop types or naval heroes) of the new 450t class of French destroyers designed to catch up with growth of foreign constructions. All had reciprocating engines, coal-fired boilers and identical armament. They were simply enlarged versions of the earlier 300-tonners. The 65mm guns were of Model 1902 and had 1906 Model torpedoes (2 in single revolving tubes amidships and 1 in bow tube). Ships differed in hull dimensions according to the building yards. They were well built but their sea-going qualities were still insufficient to make them good long range escorts, though they were better than 300-tonners. All ships had two groups of stacks placed in pairs before and after the main machinery which was installed amidships. All except Carabinier (27kts) exceeded their designed speed on trials reaching 28.25-29.8kts

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Carabinier 13.11.1918 stranded off Latakieh (Syria) and was destroyed two days later by Turkish coastal artillery, long after formal Ottoman surrender.



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