Spahi-class destroyer
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Mameluck-Marius Bar.jpg |Ship caption={{Ship|French destroyer|Mameluck|1909|2}} at anchor }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name= Spahi class |Builders= |Operators={{navy|France}} |Class before={{sclass|Claymore|destroyer|4}} |Class after={{sclass|Voltigeur|destroyer|4}} |Cost= |Built range=1906–1912 |In service range=1910–1930 |In commission range= |Total ships completed=7 |Total ships lost=1 |Total ships scrapped=6 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Destroyer |Ship displacement={{cvt|530 |
| 550|t|LT|0|lk=on}}
|Ship length={{convert|64 |
| 65.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (p/p)
|Ship beam={{convert|6.05 |
| 6.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|2.3 |
| 2.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*4 water-tube boilers
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| 9000|ihp|0|lk=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines |Ship speed={{convert|28|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range={{convert|1000 |
| 1200|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|10|kn}}
|Ship complement=77–79 |Ship armament=*6 × single Canon de 65 mm Modèle 1891 gun
}} |
The Spahi class consisted of seven destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. One ship was lost during the First World War, but the others survived to be scrapped afterwards.
Design and description
The Spahi-class was over 50 percent larger than the preceding {{sclass|Branlebas|destroyer|4}} to match the increase in size of foreign destroyers. They varied slightly in size due to building practices of each shipyard.
They had a length between perpendiculars of {{convert|64|-|65.8|m|ftin|sp=us}}, a beam of {{convert|6.05|-|6.6|m|ftin|sp=us}},Couhat, p. 95 and a draft of {{convert|2.3|-|2.4|m|ftin|sp=us}}. The ships displaced {{convert|530|-|550|t|LT|sp=us|lk=on|0}} at deep load.
The destroyers were powered by two triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four water-tube boilers of three different types. {{ship|French destroyer|Spahi||2}} and {{ship|French destroyer|Lansquenet|1909|2}} used Normand boilers, {{ship|French destroyer|Hussard||2}} and {{ship|French destroyer|Mameluk|1909|2}} had du Temple boilers while the remaining three ships were fitted with Guyot boilers. The engines were designed to produce {{convert|7500|ihp|kW|lk=on}}, except for Spahi with {{cvt|9000|ihp}}, which was intended to give the sister ships a speed of {{convert|28|kn|lk=in}}. During their sea trials, they reached speeds of {{convert|27.1|-|29.8|kn}}. The ships carried {{cvt|95|t|LT|0|sp=us}} of coal which gave them a range of {{convert|1000|-|1200|nmi|lk=in}} at a cruising speed of {{convert|10|kn}}. Lansquenet had a capacity of {{cvt|115|t|LT|0}} which gave her a range of {{convert|2880|nmi|abbr=on}} at the same cruising speed.Couhat, pp. 95–96
The primary armament of the Spahi-class ships consisted of six Canon de 65 mm Modèle 1891 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure and the others were distributed amidships. They were also fitted with three {{convert|450|mm|in|adj=on|1|sp=us}} torpedo tubes. One of these was in a fixed mount in the bow and the other two were on single rotating mounts amidships.
Ships
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| Name
! BuilderGardiner & Gray, p. 202 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{ship|French destroyer|Aspirant Herber | 2}} | Arsenal de Rochefort | 30 April 1912 | August 1912 | Condemned, July 1930 | |
| {{ship|French destroyer|Carabinier | 2}} | Ateliers et Chantiers de Saint-Nazaire Penhoët, Saint-Nazaire | 10 October 1908 | October 1909 | Scuttled, 15 November 1918 | |
| {{ship|French destroyer|Enseigne Henry | 2}} | Arsenal de Rochefort | 12 May 1911 | April 1912 | Condemned, June 1928 | |
| {{ship|French destroyer|Hussard | 2}} | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes | 12 September 1908 | September 1911 | Condemned, March 1922 | |
| {{ship|French destroyer|Lansquenet|1909|2}} | Dyle et Bacalan, Bordeaux | 20 November 1908 | October 1910 | Condemned, December 1928 | ||
| {{ship|French destroyer|Mameluk|1909|2}} | Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Nantes | 10 March 1909 | June 1911 | Condemned, February 1928 | ||
| {{ship|French destroyer|Spahi | 2}} | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer | 3 May 1908 | July 1910 | Condemned, December 1927 |
Citations
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|last=Couhat|first=Jean Labayle|title=French Warships of World War I|year=1974|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0445-5}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |first=Eric W. |last=Osborne|year=2005 |title=Destroyers - An Illustrated History of Their Impact |isbn=1-85109-479-2 |publisher=ABC-Clio |location=Santa Barbara, California}}
- {{cite book |last1=Prévoteaux |first1=Gérard |title=La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome I 1914–1915 |date=2017 |publisher=Éditions Lela presse |location=Le Vigen, France |isbn=978-2-37468-000-2|trans-title=The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book I 1914–1915|series=Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond|volume=23}}
- {{cite book |last1=Prévoteaux |first1=Gérard |title=La marine française dans la Grande guerre: les combattants oubliés: Tome II 1916–1918 |date=2017 |publisher=Éditions Lela presse |location=Le Vigen, France |isbn=978-2-37468-001-9|trans-title=The French Navy during the Great War: The Forgotten Combatants, Book II 1916–1918|series=Collection Navires & Histoire des Marines du Mond|volume=27}}
- {{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Stephen S.|title=French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|year=2021|location=Barnsley, UK|publisher=Seaforth Publishing |isbn=978-1-5267-4533-0}}
- {{cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |chapter=Classement par types |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |publisher=Roche |location=Toulon}}
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