Torpilleur 20 Class Torpedo Boats Class Overview

Dimensions, machinery and performance

Length:
85' 4" (WL)
Engines:
1 Vertical compound expansion
Beam:
10' 1"
Boilers:
1 Locomotive boiler
Draft:
3'
Shafts:
1
Displacement:
32-35 tons
HP:
320
Speed:
18 knots
Crew:
N/A
Range:
N/A
       
Notes:
54 and 55 had only 1 funnel, the others had two.


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Notes
1
Spar torpedo
2
Torpedo tubes
Bow
54 & 55 only


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

July 30, 1879
Nov. 1878
Fate
Sunk May 16, 1895.

Location: Bay of Biscay, 2 miles northwest of Ile d'Aix, France.
(46.02N-01.11W)

5 or 7 men lost.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Torpilleur 21
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

Nov. 18, 1878
Mar. 1879
Fate
Scrapped after 1896.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Torpilleur 41
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

Nov. 27, 1879
Mar. 1880
Fate
Scrapped after 1899.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Torpilleur 42
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

Dec. 27, 1879
Mar. 1880
Fate
Scrapped after 1899.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Torpilleur 47
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

Apr. 13, 1880
June 1880
Fate
Scrapped after 1896.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Torpilleur 48
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

June 10, 1880
July 1880
Fate
Scrapped after 1898.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Torpilleur 49
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

July 20, 1880
Aug. 1880
Fate
Scrapped after 1902.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Torpilleur 54
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

N/A
Dec. 1882
Fate
Scrapped after 1896.
Name
Builder
Launched
Completed
Torpilleur 55
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

N/A
Dec. 1882
Fate
Scrapped after 1899.


Page published May 14, 2019