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Cassiopée 1917 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Aldébaran		541	Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK	1916	19.5.1916	7.1916	stricken 1934
Algol		542	Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK	1916	17.6.1916	7.1916	stricken 1935
Altair		320	Hamilton, Glasgow, UK	2.1916	6.7.1916	9.1916	stricken 1940
Antarès		321	Hamilton, Glasgow, UK	3.1916	4.9.1916	10.1916	stricken 1936
Bellatrix		501	Henderson, Glasgow, UK	1916	29.5.1916	7.1916	stricken 1933
Cassiopée		549	Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK	9/1916	10.2.1917	4.1917	stricken 1933
Régulus		550	Barclay Curle, Glasgow, UK	9.1916	19.3.1917	5.1917	stricken 1935
Rigel		502	Henderson, Glasgow, UK	1916	4.7.1916	8.1916	sunk 2.10.1916

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1250
Displacement full, t	1470
Length, m	76.2 pp 81.5 oa
Breadth, m	10.5
Draught, m	4.20
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 4-cyl VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2800
Max speed, kts	17.5
Fuel, t	coal 260
Endurance, nm(kts)	2400(12)
Armament	2 x 1 - 139/45 M1893, 4 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 DCT, 1 DCR
Complement	103

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Project history

Built in UK under French order, similar to British Flower class. Successful multi-purpose ships, first ocean-going escorts.

Modernizations

1918, all survived: - 4 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 75/35 M1897.

Naval service

Rigel was sunk 2.10.1916 at Algerian coast by torpedo from German submarine U35.

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