 The aviso Tahure in 1939.
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Arras class |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Marne class |
| Succeeded by | Ailette class |
| Subclasses | Craonne class (coal burning) |
| Built | 1917–1922 |
| Planned | 43 |
| Completed | 30 |
| Cancelled | 13 |
| Lost | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aviso |
| Displacement | 850 long tons (864 t) standard |
| Length | 75 m (246 ft 1 in) o/a |
| Beam | 8.7 m (28 ft 7 in) |
| Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 Parsons steam turbines engines, 2 oil or coal-fired du Temple boilers or Normand boilers; 5,000 bhp (3,700 kW) |
| Speed | 19–22 knots (22–25 mph; 35–41 km/h) |
| Range | 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 4 officers, 99 sailors |
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The Arras class, sometimes known as the Amiens class, were a series of aviso (also referred to as sloops) built for the French Navy at the end of World War I.