| Bisson-class destroyer | |
|---|---|
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Bisson class |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Bouclier class |
| Succeeded by: | Enseigne Roux class |
| Built: | 1911–1914 |
| In commission: | 1912–1934 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | [1] |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: |
756–791 long tons (768–804 t) normal 855 long tons (869 t) full load |
| Length: | 78.1 m (256 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 8.6 m (28 ft 3 in) |
| Draught: | 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: |
2-shaft turbines 4 oil-fired boilers 15,000 hp (11 MW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: |
1,950 nmi (3,610 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h) 450 nmi (830 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 80 |
| Armament: |
• 2 × 100 mm (3.9 in) guns • 4 × 65 mm (2.6 in) guns • 4 × 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes |
The Bisson class was a class of six destroyers of the French Navy built between 1912-14, used during the First World War.
"Assault on the Panayoti. Heroic act of Bisson". circa 1838
The class is named in tribute to the French Admiral Hippolyte Bisson who sacrificed himself aboard the ship Panayoti in 1827 during the Greek War of Independence.
The class carried the same armament of two 100 mm (3.9 in) guns, four 65 mm (2.6 in) guns and four 450 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes in two trainable mounts as the preceding Bouclier class, while steam turbines delivered 15,000 shaft horsepower (11,000 kW) giving a speed of over 30 knots (56 km/h) (Magnon reached 32.02 knots (59.30 km/h; 36.85 mph) during sea trials, the fastest of the class).[1] They were laid down between 1911 and 1912 and launched from 1913 from 1914. The class served primarily in the Mediterranean Sea during the First World War, with Bisson sinking the Austrian submarine U-3 on 13 August 1915, with Renaudin being sunk by U-6.[1]
Ships[]
| Name | Builder | Launched | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bisson | Arsenal de Toulon | 12 September 1912 | Struck, June 1933 |
| Renaudin | Arsenal de Toulon | 20 March 1913 | Torpedoed and sunk by U-6 off Durazzo, 18 March 1916 |
| Commandant Lucas | Arsenal de Toulon | 11 July 1914 | Struck, June 1933 |
| Protet | Arsenal de Rochefort | 15 October 1913 | Struck, 1933 |
| Mangini | Schneider, Chalon-sur-Saône | 31 March 1913 | Struck, 1934 |
| Magnon | A. et Ch. de la Bretagne, Nantes | 19 April 1913 | Struck, 16 February 1926 |
References[]
- naval-history.net
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- 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.
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