NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Voltigeur	M56		A C de la Bretagne, Nantes	1907	23.3.1909	4/1910	stricken 5.1920
Tirailleur	M57		A C de la Gironde, Bordeaux	1907	27.11.1908	7/1910	stricken 7.1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	450
Displacement full, t	590
Length, m	Voltigeur: 65.5 pp Tirailleur: 63.0 pp
Breadth, m	Voltigeur: 6.80 Tirailleur: 6.40
Draught, m	Voltigeur: 3.10 Tirailleur: 2.90
No of shafts	3
Machinery	Voltigeur: 1 VTE, 2 Rateau steam turbines, 4 Normand boilers Tirailleur: 1 VTE, 2 Breguet steam turbines, 4 du Temple boilers
Power, h. p.	7500
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	coal 118
Endurance, nm(kts)	1520(10)
Armament	6 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	76 - 77

Project history

Two 450t destroyers of slightly different hull dimensions modelled on the preceeding Spahi class were built as an experiment. They were fitted with three-shaft machinery - a reciprocating cruise engine in the central shaft and turbines for high speed on the outer shafts. Both proved quite reliable in service but exceeded their designed displacement. However their combined machinery was considered less flexible than the single type of engines in other ships. In this class all four funnels were installed before an engine room.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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