Bisson-class destroyer
The Bisson class consisted of six destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1910s. One ship was lost during the First World War, but the others survived to be scrapped afterwards.
Design and description
The Bisson class were enlarged versions of the preceding built to a more standardized design. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of, a beam of, and a draft of. Designed to displace, they displaced at normal load. Their crew numbered 80–83 men.The ships were powered by a pair of steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four Indret water-tube boilers. The engines were designed to produce which was intended to give the ships a speed of. The ships carried of fuel oil which gave them a range of at cruising speeds of.
The primary armament of the Bisson-class ships consisted of two Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1891| Modèle 1893 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure, and four Modèle 1902 guns distributed amidships. They were also fitted with two twin mounts for torpedo tubes amidships.
Ships
The class is named in tribute to the French Admiral :fr:Hippolyte Magloire Bisson|Hippolyte Bisson who sacrificed himself aboard the ship Panayoti in 1827 during the Greek War of Independence.| Name | Builder | Launched | Fate |
| Arsenal de Toulon | 12 September 1912 | Struck, June 1933 | |
| Arsenal de Toulon | 20 March 1913 | Torpedoed and sunk by off Durazzo, 18 March 1916 | |
| Arsenal de Toulon | 11 July 1914 | Struck, June 1933 | |
| Arsenal de Rochefort | 15 October 1913 | Struck, 1933 | |
| Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône | 31 March 1913 | Struck, 1934 | |
| Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes | 19 April 1913 | Struck, 16 February 1926 |