Chasseur-class destroyer

A postcard of Chasseur at anchor
Class overview
Name	Chasseur class
Operators	French Navy Peruvian Navy
Preceded by	Template:Sclass-
Succeeded by	Template:Sclass-
Built	1909–1910
In commission	1909–1927
Completed	4
Lost	1
Scrapped	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	457 t (450 long tons) (designed) 528 t (520 long tons) (deep load)
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	7,200 shp (5,369 kW) 3–4 Normand or Foster-Wheeler boilers
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	6 × 65 mm (2.6 in) guns 3 × 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

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).

Ships

Name	Builder	Launched	Fate
Chasseur	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre	20 February 1909	Struck, October 1919.
Actée	Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône	1909	Sold incomplete to Peru as BAP Teniente Rodríguez in 1911; hulked in 1939
Cavalier	Normand, Le Havre	9 May 1910	Training ship from 1914. Struck, December 1927.
Fantassin	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer	17 June 1909	Sunk after collision with Mameluck, 5 June 1916.
Janissaire	Ateliers et Chantiers de Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire	12 April 1910	Struck, October 1920.

Bibliography

• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allen. 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. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
• 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.

External links

• The Chasseur class on navypedia.org