Arabe-class destroyer

Class overview
Name	Arabe class
Builders	Yokosuka Naval Arsenal; Kure Naval Arsenal; Sasebo Naval Arsenal; Maizuru Naval Arsenal; Kawasaki, Kobe; Mitsubishi, Nagasaki;
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Aventurier class
Succeeded by	Enseigne Gabolde
Built	1917
In service	1917–1936
In commission	1917–1936
Completed	12
Scrapped	12
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	685 t (674 long tons)
Length	82.26 m (269 ft 11 in) (o/a); 79.4 m (260 ft 6 in) (p/p);
Beam	7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 Kampon water-tube boilers; 10,000 PS (7,400 kW; 9,900 shp);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	86
Armament	1 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) gun; 4 × single 76 mm (3.0 in) guns; 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;

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.

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