French destroyer Chasseur

History
A postcard of Chasseur at anchor
France
Name:	Chasseur
Namesake:	Chasseur
Builder:	Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre
Launched:	20 February 1909
Completed:	June 1911
Struck:	October 1919
General characteristics
Class and type:	Chasseur-class destroyer
Displacement:	457 t (450 long tons) (designed) 528 t (520 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 destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century.

References

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

Chasseur-class destroyers

French Navy	Chasseur Janissaire Fantassin Cavalier Actée

Peruvian Navy	Teniente Rodríguez (ex-Actée)

Preceded by: Voltigeur class Followed by: Bouclier class

List of destroyers of the French Navy

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