Arabe-class destroyer

Class overview
NameArabe class
Builders
Operators French Navy
Preceded byAventurier class
Succeeded byEnseigne Gabolde
Built1917
In service1917–1936
In commission1917–1936
Completed12
Scrapped12
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement685 t (674 long tons)
Length
  • 82.26 m (269 ft 11 in) (o/a)
  • 79.4 m (260 ft 6 in) (p/p)
Beam7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draft2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement86
Armament

The Arabe-class destroyers was a group of twelve destroyers built for the French Navy during the First World War. All the ships were built in Japan as an export version of the Kaba class, and were named after ethnic groups within the French Empire at the time.