![]() A postcard of Chasseur at anchor
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Chasseur class |
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Preceded by: | Voltigeur class |
Succeeded by: | Bouclier class |
Built: | 1909–1910 |
In commission: | 1909–1927 |
Completed: | 4 |
Lost: | 1 |
Scrapped: | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Destroyer |
Displacement: | |
Length: | 64.2–65.4 m (210 ft 8 in–214 ft 7 in) (p/p) |
Beam: | 6.5–6.7 m (21 ft 4 in–22 ft 0 in) |
Draft: | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
Installed power: |
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Propulsion: | 3 shafts; 3 Steam turbines |
Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range: | 1,400–1,500 nmi (2,600–2,800 km; 1,600–1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Complement: | 77–79 |
Armament: |
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The Chasseur class was a group of four destroyers of the French Navy built between 1909–1910, used during the First World War. A fifth ship was sold to Peru.
Apart from Chasseur, which still used coal, they were the first French Navy ships to be fitted with oil-fired boilers. In trials they exceeded their designed power by a wide margin, achieving speeds of up to 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph).