Coureur Class Torpedo Boats Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
148' (WL)
Engines:
2 Triple expansion
Beam:
14' 6"
Boilers:
2 Thornycroft watertube
Draft:
4' 7"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
117 (std) 131 (full)
HP:
1,750
Speed:
23.5 knots
Crew:
N/A
Range:
N/A
Notes:
Coureur was built to a different specification, see below.
Length:
147' 7"(WL)
Engines:
2 Compound reciprocating
Beam:
14' 3"
Boilers:
2 Thornycroft watertube
Draft:
4' 5"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
117 (std) 131 (full)
HP:
1,500
Speed:
23.5 knots


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
2
47mm/40
Single mounts
Hotchkiss M1885
2
14" (350mm)
Torpedo tubes
Bow


Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
John I. Thornycroft & Co. Ltd
Woolston, Southampton, England

June 13, 1888
1888
Fate
Scrapped after 1912.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Véloce
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
Graville, France

Nov. 4, 1891
1892
Fate
Scrapped after 1910.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Grondeur
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée
Graville, France

Feb. 13, 1892
1892
Fate
Scrapped after 1926.


Page published July 4, 2019