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Arquebuse Class Torpedo Boat Destroyers Class Overview |
Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
190' 11" |
Engines: |
2 Triple expansion |
Beam: |
21' 10" |
Boilers: |
2 Normand or Guyot du Temple |
Draft: |
10' 5" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
298 |
HP: |
6,300 |
Speed: |
28 knots |
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Crew: |
60 |
Range: |
2,300 NM @ 10 knots |
| Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Notes |
1 |
65mm/50 (9 pounder) |
Single mount |
M1888-91 |
6 |
47mm/40 (1 pounder) |
Single mounts |
Hotchkiss M1885 |
2 |
380mm (15") |
Torpedo tubes |
Single trainable launchers |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Carabine (M12) |
Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort, France |
July 21, 1902 |
Sept. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Jan. 8, 1919, scrapped at Bizerta, Tunisia.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Sarbacane (M13) |
Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort, France |
Mar. 12, 1903 |
Dec. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Oct. 1, 1920, scrapped in 1921.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre, France |
Nov. 15, 1902 |
May 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service May 10, 1920, sold Mar. 2, 1921.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Arbalète (M15) |
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand Le Havre, France |
Apr. 28, 1903 |
Aug. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service June 20, 1921, sold May 10, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Mousquet (M16) |
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Saint-Nazaire, France |
Aug. 7, 1902 |
May 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sunk in action Oct. 28, 1914 with SMS Emden (Fregattenkapitän Karl von Müller)
Location: Indian Ocean, Malacca Strait at the entrance to Penang Harbor, Penang Island, Malaya. (05.37N-100.11E) About 25-30 crewmen lost, 33 survivors picked up by SMS Emden. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Javeline (M17) |
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Nantes, France |
Oct. 15, 1902 |
June 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Jan. 12, 1920.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Sagaie (M18) |
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre, France |
Nov. 15, 1902 |
Apr. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Oct. 1, 1920, sold Apr. 12, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre, France |
Jan. 17, 1903 |
June 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Feb. 28, 1921, sold May 20, 1922 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Harpon (M20) |
Forgers et Chantiers de la Gironde Bordeaux, France |
Oct. 20, 1902 |
Mar. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Mar. 5, 1921, sold July 10, 1922 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Fronde (M21) |
Forgers et Chantiers de la Gironde Bordeaux, France |
Dec. 17, 1902 |
Mar. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Oct. 30, 1919, sold May 6, 1921 and scrapped.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Francisque (M22) |
Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort, France |
Mar. 2, 1904 |
Apr. 1904 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Apr. 4, 1921, scrapped in 1922 at Cherbourg, France.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Sabre (M23) |
Arsenal de Rochefort Rochefort, France |
Apr. 15, 1904 |
June 1904 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Jan. 15, 1921, scrapped in 1921 at Rochefort, France.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Dard (M24) |
Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët Grand-Quecilly, France |
Sept. 10, 1903 |
Apr. 1904 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Apr. 3, 1919.
(Alt. source gives the launch date as Sept. 19.) |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Baliste (M25) |
Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët Grand-Quecilly, France |
Oct. 22, 1903 |
June 1904 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Oct. 30, 1919.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Mousqueton (M26) |
Chantiers Schneider et Compagnie Chalon-sur-Saône, France |
Nov. 4, 1902 |
Aug. 1904 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service May 10, 1920.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Chantiers Schneider et Compagnie Chalon-sur-Saône, France |
Dec. 24, 1902 |
July 1904 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Oct. 1, 1920.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Pistolet (M28) |
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Nantes, France |
May 29, 1903 |
Aug. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Sept. 19, 1919, sold May 6, 1920.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Bélier (M29) |
Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire Nantes, France |
May 29, 1903 |
Mar. 1904 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service Jan. 25, 1921.
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Catapulte (M30) |
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre, France |
Apr. 1, 1903 |
Sept. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Sunk May 18, 1918 in collision with SS Warrimoo while in convoy, both ships sank.
Location: Mediterranean Sea, 2 miles off Bizerte, Tunisia. (37.17N-09.53E) Unknown number of casualties. |
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Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Completed |
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Bombarde (M31) |
Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre, France |
June 26, 1903 |
Nov. 1903 |
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Fate |
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Removed from service May 10, 1920, sold Apr. 20, 1921 and scrapped.
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Page published June 9, 2019 |