NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Léger			Arsenal de Lorient	2/1890	4.8.1891	12/1891	stricken 1910
Lévrier			Arsenal de Lorient	2/1890	2.4.1891	12/1891	stricken 1910

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	503
Displacement full, t
Length, m	63.0
Breadth, m	6.96
Draught, m	3.20 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 6 Belleville boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	18.7
Fuel, t	coal 127
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 65/50 M1891, 3 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 37/20 M1885, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	89

Project history

This class had a single large funnel and two masts. The stem was straight and there was a forecastle continued by the upperworks to 9m from the stern, with the hull sides curved as in the previous class. The 65mm was forward, the 47mm aft and sponsoned on either beam, and the TT were forward and aft of the funnel.

Modernizations

1890s, both: - 1 - 450 TT (bow)

Naval service

No significant events.