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Voltigeur class destroyer

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Name
  
Voltigeur class

Preceded by
  
Spahi class

Built
  
1908–10

Operators
  
French Navy

Succeeded by
  
Chasseur class

In service
  
1910–21

The Voltigeur class was a pair of two destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Both ships survived the First World War and were scrapped afterwards.

The ships were modelled on the preceding Spahi-class destroyer. The machinery consisted of three shafts: the central shaft had a triple expansion engine for economical cruising and the two outer shafts had Rateau (Voltigeur) or Breguet (Tirailleur) turbines for additional speed, all powered by four Normand (Voltigeur) or Du Temple (Tirailleur) boilers.

Ships

  • Voltigeur - built by Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes, launched 23 March 1909, decommissioned May 1920.
  • Tirailleur - built by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux, launched 27 November 1908, decommissioned July 1921.

    • References

    Voltigeur-class destroyer Wikipedia
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