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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
K			Arsenal de Brest / Arsenal de Lorient	1915	1915	9/1915	stricken 10.1918
L			Arsenal de Brest / Arsenal de Lorient	1915	1915	9/1915	stricken 10.1918
M			Arsenal de Brest / Arsenal de Lorient	1915	1915	9/1915	stricken 10.1918
O			Arsenal de Brest / Arsenal de Lorient	1915	1915	9/1915	stricken 10.1918

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	180
Displacement full, t
Length, m	28.5
Breadth, m	5.00
Draught, m	1.85
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 1 boiler
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	belt: 20, deck: 20, shield: 20
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 2 x 1 - 47/50 M1902
Complement	23

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Project history

River gunboats for French mainland rivers (floating batteries). These river gunboats were designed by French naval constructors for service with the Army in France. Their construction was decided in 1915 when three types were designed. However only two of them were built. The first type armed with an M1893 138.6mm gun and second type armed with 2-100mm guns. Officially they were designated by letters (A, B, C, etc). The ships' companies gave them unofficial names such as Ardente, Brutale, Cruelle or Decidée. Of the first type eight boats were ordered in May 1915 and delivered in July by Arsenal de Brest and Arsenal de Lorient. The same yards built four boats of the second type between July 1915 and September 1915.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.