Filibustier Class Torpedo Boats Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
137' 9" (WL)
Engines:
2 Triple expansion
Beam:
14' 9"
Boilers:
2 Guyot du Temple (except Aquilon, 2 Normand)
Draft:
5" 6"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
123
HP:
2,000
Speed:
23.5 knots (except Aquilon 26.16 knots)
Crew:
N/A
Range:
N/A


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
2
15" Torpedo tubes
1 bow
1 launcher (stern)

2
47mm 20 cal.
Single mounts
Hotchkiss 3 pounder QF


Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

Dec. 27, 1894
N/A
Fate
Scrapped after 1923.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Ariel
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

May 9, 1895
N/A
Fate
Sunk Mar. 29, 1898 in collision with cruiser Friant north of Ile Vierge, France.
No casualties.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

Dec. 2, 1895
N/A
Fate
Scrapped after 1919.


Page published May 20, 2019