Voltigeur-class destroyer
The Voltigeur class was a pair of two destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Both ships survived the First World War and were scrapped afterwards.
 The French destroyer Voltigeur. | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Voltigeur class |
| Operators: |
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| Preceded by: | Spahi class |
| Succeeded by: | Chasseur class |
| Built: | 1908–10 |
| In service: | 1910–21 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | |
| Length: | 63–65.5 m (206 ft 8 in–214 ft 11 in) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 6.4–6.8 m (21 ft 0 in–22 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 2.9–3.1 m (9 ft 6 in–10 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power: |
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| Propulsion: | 3 shafts; 2 Triple-expansion steam engines and 1 steam turbine |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Range: | 1,520 nmi (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 76–77 |
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The ships were modelled on the preceding Spahi-class destroyer. The machinery consisted of three shafts: the central shaft had a triple expansion engine for economical cruising and the two outer shafts had Rateau (Voltigeur) or Breguet (Tirailleur) turbines for additional speed, all powered by four Normand (Voltigeur) or Du Temple (Tirailleur) boilers.
Ships
- Voltigeur - built by Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes, launched 23 March 1909, decommissioned May 1920.
- Tirailleur - built by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux, launched 27 November 1908, decommissioned July 1921.
Citations
Bibliography
- Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Osborne, Eric W. (2005). Destroyers - An Illustrated History of Their Impact. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio. ISBN 1-85109-479-2.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). "Classement par types". Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006. Toulon: Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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