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Courageuse 1919

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Agile			Arsenal de Brest	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1933
Alerte			Arsenal de Rochefort	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1936
Ardent			Arsenal de Brest	1916	5.3.1916	1916	stricken 1936
Audacieuse			A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc	1916	1917	1917	BU 1.1940
Batailleuse			A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc	1916	1917	1917	sunk as target 1938
Belliqueuse			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1928
Boudeuse			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	1916	1916	1916	to Romania 1920 (spares)
Capricieuse			A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1934
Courageuse			Arsenal de Rochefort	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1920
Curieuse			Arsenal de Lorient	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1926
Dédaigneuse			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux	1916	1916	1917	scuttled 27.11.1942
Emporté			A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1928
Espiègle			Arsenal de Rochefort	1916	1017	1917	stricken 1920
Étourdi			Arsenal de Lorient	1916	21.3.1916	1917	scuttled 19.6.1940
Éveillé			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne	1917	1917	1917	stricken 1928
Gracieuse			Arsenal de Lorient	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1938
Impétueuse			F C de la Gironde, Bordeaux	1916	1917	1917	stricken 1938
Inconstant			Arsenal de Brest	1916	6.3.1916	1916	stricken 1933
Malicieuse			A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc	1916	1916	1916	stricken 1939
Moqueuse			Arsenal de Lorient	1916	1916	1916	wrecked 1923
Railleuse			A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc	1916	1916	1916	stricken 3.1920
Sans Souci			Arsenal de Lorient	12/1915	1916	1916	stricken 1936
Tapageuse			A C de Provence, Port-de-Bouc	1916	1917	1917	FNFL 11.1942, BU 1944

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 266 others: 310
Displacement full, t	Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 400 others: 410
Length, m	60.2
Breadth, m	7.20
Draught, m	2.90
No of shafts	Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 1 others: 2
Machinery	Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 1 VTE, 2 Du Temple or Normand boilers others: 2 VTE, 2 Du Temple or Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 1200 - 1500 others: 1200 - 2200
Max speed, kts	Agile, Ardent, Emporté, Espiègle, Étourdi, Éveillé, Inconstant, Sans Souci: 14 - 17 others: 14 - 17
Fuel, t	coal 85
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(10)
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/45 M1897, 2 DCT Ardent, Étourdi, Sans Souci: 2 x 1 - 145/45 M1910, 2 DCT
Complement	55 - 60

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Project history

These ships were officially classified as "anti-submarine gunboats". Partly they were equipped by steam engines removed from old torpedo boats, therefore significantly differed from each other on machinery power and speed. The majority of the class were converted to minesweepers in 1920s.

Modernizations

1918 - 1920, all survived: were converted to minesweepers; + mechanical minesweeping gear.

Naval service

Étourdi was scuttled at Brest 18.6.1940, in a year raised by Germans and broken up. Dédaigneuse was scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942, salvaged by Italians and named FR56; 9.9.1943 she was captured by Germans and served as minesweeper M6020, her ultimate fate is unknown.