French destroyer Chasseur

A postcard of Chasseur at anchor
History
France
Name	Chasseur
Namesake	Chasseur
Builder	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Launched	20 February 1909
Completed	June 1911
Stricken	October 1919
General characteristics
Class and type	Chasseur-class destroyer
Displacement	450 t (443 long tons) (designed) 520 t (512 long tons) (deep load)
Length	64.2 m (210 ft 8 in) (p/p)
Beam	6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
Draft	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power	7,200 shp (5,369 kW) 4 Normand 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

Chasseur was the name ship of her class of four destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

Design and description[]

Chasseur had an length between perpendiculars of 64.2 meters (210 ft 8 in), a beam of 6.5 meters (21 ft 4 in),^[1] and a draft of 3.1 meters (10 ft 2 in). Designed to displaced 450 metric tons (443 long tons), the ships displaced 520 t (512 long tons) at deep load. Their crew numbered 77–79 men.^[2]

The Chasseur class was powered by three Parsons direct-drive steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four Normand boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 7,200 shaft horsepower (5,400 kW) which was intended to give the ships a speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph). Chasseur handily exceed her designed speed during her sea trials, reaching 30.4 knots (56.3 km/h; 35.0 mph). Unlike her sister ships, Chasseur's boilers were coal fired and the 99 tonnes (97 long tons) of coal that she stowed gave her a range of 1,520 nautical miles (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at a cruising speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).^[3]

The primary armament of the Chasseur-class ships consisted of six 65-millimeter (2.6 in) Modèle 1902 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure and the others were distributed amidships. They were also fitted with three 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. One of these was in a fixed mount in the bow and the other two were on single rotating mounts amidships.^[2]

Construction and career[]

Chasseur was ordered from Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand and was launched from its Le Havre shipyard on 20 February 1909. The ship was completed in November 1909. She participated in the First World War and was condemned in October 1919.^[4]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. 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.