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Torpedo boats and
torpedo craft of the French Navy. Photographs and history of French
torpedo boats and torpedo craft from 1886. |
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Ship Name
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Launch Date
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Fate
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Balny
Clas Built
along the plans of vessels built by Normand for the Russian navy. Normand
built the Balny, Deroulede, and Doudart de la Gree. But the French
Ministry of marine forced them to giver the building plans to Claparede
and Loire St Nazaire who built three vessels each The
vessels were to small to be effective for the role required by the Fleet
so they were down graded to the Defence mobile Displacement:
58 tons, 65 tons full load, Crew: 22 Speed: 19
knots. Armament: Two 14 inch torpeod tubes, and two 37mm revolvers. |
| Balny |
January 1886 |
Sold 1913 |
| Deroulede |
19th April 1886 |
Sold 1907 |
| Doudart De La Gree |
5th July 1886 |
Sold 1906 |
| Edmond Fontaine |
23rd January 1886 |
Sold 1903 |
| Bouet Willaumez |
12th February 1886 |
Wrecked 1st September 1900 |
| Dehorter |
9th March 1886 |
Sold 1904 |
| Capitaine Cuny |
3rd June 1886 |
Sold 1912 |
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Believed to be Capitaine Cuny. text on card
mentions ship of the School of mechanics.
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| Capitaine Mehl |
3rd June 1886 |
Sold 1910 |
| Challier |
3rd July 1886 |
Sold 1906 |
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Ouragan Class Ouragan
built by Loire, Nantes privately on the speculation of the French naval
requirements, They were purchased on the 6th September 1886. The rest of
the class being ordered on the 19th December 1888. Thje
trials lasted 2 years and in this time the boiler was replaced and the
hull was strengthened.
Displacement: 104 to
112 tons. Crew: 29 Speed: 16 knots. Armament: Four
14 inch torpeod tubes, and two 47mm guns. |
| Ouragan |
12th March 1887 |
Sold 1903 |
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Ouragan, 1888.
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| Alarme |
1st June 1889 |
Sold 1906 |
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Alarme at Le Havre.
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| Temeraire |
1st May 1889 |
Sold 1911 |
| Aventurier |
13th April 1889 |
Sold 1910 |
| Defi |
29th June 1889 |
Sold 1911 |
Coureur Class
View Class The
Coureur was ordered from Thornycroft to test out their new watertube
boiler which gave a very high power weight ratio. The Coureur class
was very similar to the Spanish Ariete and El Rayo which had been built
for Spain. This was the first French torpedo boat which had reasonable
accommodation for the crew. The Veloce and Grondeur were built by
Mediterranee and were built the same except for given heavier scantlings which
reduced their handling and seaworthy qualities. Displacement:
117 tons. Speed: 23.5 knots. Armament: Two 14 inch
torpedo tubes, and two 47mm guns. |
| Coureur |
13th June 1888 (built by
Thornycroft) |
Sold 1912 |
| Veloce |
4th November 1891 |
Sold 1910 |
| Grondeur |
13th February 1892 |
Sold 1926 |
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Avant Garde Class This
was the first of the French torpedo boats to exceed 25 Knots on their
trials. Displacement: 116 tons. Speed: 21 knots.
Armament: Two 15 inch torpedo tubes, and two 47mm guns. |
| Avant-garde |
11th October 1889 |
Wrecked 25th February 1890 |
| Archer |
30th May 1893 |
Sold 1908 |
| Turco |
20th November 1891 |
Sold 1911 |
| Zouave |
January 1892 |
Sold 1908 |
| Dragon |
29th April 1892 |
Stricken August 1910 |
| Grenadier |
20th August 1892 |
Sold 1919 |
| Lancier |
19th December 1892 |
Sold 1911 |
Lancier.
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| Agile
Class
The class were very reliable
and good sea going vessels. they also had a superb range of 3000nm at 10.5
knots. but due to a number of boiler accidents with the worst being an
explosion on the Sarrazin on the 13th January 1894. They were re-equipped with
new boilers, (Temple boilers) This delayed them entry naval service
for two years.
Displacement: 102
tons. Speed: 20 knots. Armament: Three 14 inch torpedo
tubes, and three 37mm revolvers
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| Agile |
4th July 1889 |
Sold 1912 |
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Agile, 1890.
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| Audacieux |
8th May 1889 |
Sunk in Collision 10th July 1896 |
| Eclaire |
29th August 1891 |
Sold 1911 |
| Kabyle |
November 1891 |
Sold 1911 |
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Kabyle.
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| Orage |
15th October 1891 |
Sold 1921 |
| Sarrazin |
25th June 1892 |
Sold 1908 |
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Sarrazin, 1893.
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| Tourbillon |
10th October 1892 |
Sold 1911 |
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| Corsaire |
5th October 1892 |
Sold 1913 |
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| Mousquetaire |
8th August 1892 |
Sold 1911 |
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| Chevalier |
15th June 1893 |
Sold 1920 |
Chevalier.
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| Lansquenet |
18th May 1893 |
Stricken 1900 |
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Averne Class |
| Averne |
23rd December 1893 |
Sold 1920 |
| Dauphin |
23rd February 1894 |
Sold 1913 |
| Argonaute
Class |
| Argonaute |
11th October 1893 |
Sold 1911 |
| Tourmente |
12th September 1893 |
Sold 1910 |
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Filibustier Class |
| Filibustier |
27th December 1894 |
Sunk 29th March 1898 |
| Ariel |
9th May 1895 |
Sold 1923 |
| Aquilon |
2nd December 1895 |
Sold 1919 |
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| Forban |
25th July 1895 |
So |
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| Mangini |
13th June 1896 |
Sold 1911 |
| Cyclone
Class
The Cyclone was ordered on the 17th
August 1896. This class was a upgraded version of the Forban class.
and had a good speed of 29 knots reaching 30.4 knot son her trials. The
rest of the class were ordered three years later. On completion this class
was already out dated and their role had been taken by the early Destroyers.
They spent there service life in the Defence Mobile operating form the Mediterranean
ports.
Displacement: 119
tons. Speed: 29 knots. Armament: two 15 inch torpedo
tubes, carrying four torpedos and two 37mm revolvers
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| Cyclone |
21st May 1898 |
Stricken 1920 |
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Cyclone.
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| Bourrasque |
31st August 1901 |
Sold 1923 |
| Rafale |
27th November 1901 |
Sold 1922 |
| Boree |
23rd March 1901 |
Sold 1921 |
| Tramontane |
21st May 1901 |
Sold 1923 |
| Mistral
Class View Class
The mistral class was really a
modified Cyclone Torpedo Boat, with splinter armour. The Normand ship
builders had urged the navy to except armoured torpedo boats. over the
previous 10 years but this ended up to be the only class so
equipped. The ship crews were fond of these vessels and they had
good sea going qualities. They served well during World war one.
Mistral was renamed Boree in 1925. (with her name being transferred for
use of a new Destroyer class)
Displacement: 113
tons. Speed: 26 knots. Armament: three 15 inch torpedo
tubes, and two 47mm guns
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| Mistral |
4th May 1901 |
Sold 1928 |
| Sirocco |
20th February 1901 |
Sold 1925 |
| Simoun |
23rd March 1901 |
Sold 1924 |
| Typhon |
15th June 1901 |
Sold 1928 |
| Thromb |
30th July 1900 |
Sold 1928 |
| Audacieux |
29th August 1900 |
Sold 1926 |
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| No 1 |
Commissioned 17th May 1876 |
Stricken 1889 |
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| No 2 |
Completed July 1878 |
Stricken 1899 |
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| No 3 |
Ordered 12th July 1875 |
Stricken 1885 |
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| No 4 |
Ordered 10th May 1875 |
Discarded 1895 |
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| No 5 |
Completed July/August 1876 |
Stricken 1887 - 1890 |
| No 6 |
Completed July/August 1876 |
Stricken 1887 - 1890 |
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French Torpedo boats 6 and 7 in port, c.1888.
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| No 7 |
Completed 1876 |
Discarded 1910 |
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| No 8 - No 19 |
1877 - 1888 |
No.14 Stricken as TB 1894. Renamed
Econome. All Stricken 1894-1899 |
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Torpedo Boat 112 firing a torpedo.
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TB84, c.1890.
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Torpedo Boat 216
Torpedo boat no. 216 built by Schneider 17th February
1897
Displacement : 88 tons, Speed 24 knots: armament 2
15" torpedo tubes, complement 23 |
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| Libellule |
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French Torpedo Boat 337.
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La Melpomene Class
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| La Melpomene |
24th January 1935 |
Scrapped May 1950 |
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| La Pomone |
25th January 1935 |
Scuttled 27th September 1943 |
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| La Flore |
5th March 1935 |
Scrapped 31st August 1950 |
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| L'Iphigenie |
18th April 1935 |
Sunk 10th September 1943 |
| La Bayonnaise |
28th January 1936 |
Scuttled 25th August 1944 |
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| Bombarde |
23rd March 1936 |
Sunk 23rd August 1944 |
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| L'Incomprise |
14th April 1936 |
Scrapped 31st August 1950 |
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| La Poursuivante |
4th August 1936 |
Scuttled 27th November 1942 |
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| La Cordeliere |
9th September 1936 |
Scrapped 17th February 1950 |
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| Baliste |
17th March 1937 |
Sunk 22nd August 1943 |
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| Branlebas |
12th April 1937 |
Foundered 14th December 1940 |
| Bouclier |
9th August 1937 |
Scrapped 31st August 1950 |
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| La Combattante (Ex - HMS Haldon) |
Acquired 15th December 1942 |
Sunk 23rd February 1945 |
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La Combattante.
PFD296 |
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Ex - German Torpedo Boats
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| Birhakeim (ex - T11) |
Acquired February 1946 |
Scrapped 1949 |
| Baccarat (ex - T20) |
Acquired February 1946 |
Scrapped 1949 |
| Alsacien (ex - T23) |
Acquired February 1946 |
Scrapped 1955 |
| Lorrain (ex - T28) |
Acquired February 1946 |
Scrapped 1955 |
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| Senegalais |
Acquired 1944 |
Returned to United States May 1964. |
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| Algerien |
Acquired 1944 |
Returned to United States May 1964. |
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| Tunisien |
Acquired 1944 |
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| Marocain |
Acquired 1944 |
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| Hova |
Acquired 1944 |
Returned to United States May 1964. |
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| Somali |
Acquired 1944 |
Became experimental ship 1956. Renamed
Arago in 1968. |
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Unidentified French Torpedo Boat.
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