Arabe-class destroyer

Class overview
Name	Arabe class
Operators	French Navy
Completed	12
Retired	12
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	685 tonnes (674 long tons)
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	86
Armament	• 1 × 120 mm (4.7 in) gun • 4 × 76 mm (3 in) guns • 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

The Arabe class was a class of twelve destroyers of the French Navy launched in 1917, used during the First World War. All the ships are built in Japan, as an export version of the Kaba class, and were named after people under the domination of the French empire at the time.

The destroyers were stationed in the Mediterranean Sea, and during the late 1920's they were based at Brest as part of the Northern Squadron. They were split into two groups, with seven going to the 11th Squadron at Taranto on escort duties and the other with the 3rd Division at Mudros. During the Rif War of 1924 some of the class were employed off Morocco. All the ship of the class were scrapped between 1933 and 1936.

Ships

• Algérien — launched 1917, struck 1936.
• Annamite — launched 1917, struck 1933.
• Arabe — launched 1917, struck 1936.
• Bambara — launched 1917, struck 1933.
• Hova — launched 1917, struck 1936.
• Kabyle — launched 1917, struck 1936.
• Marocain — launched 1917, struck 1935.
• Sakalave — launched 1917, struck 1936.
• Sénégalais — launched 1917, struck 1936.
• Somali — launched 1917, struck 1935.
• Tonkinois — launched 1917, struck 1936.
• Touareg — launched 1917, struck 1935.

References

• naval-history.net
• 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.