Bisson-class destroyer

	A profile view of Bisson in harbor
Class overview
Name	Bisson class
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Bouclier class
Succeeded by	Enseigne Roux class
Built	1911–1914
In commission	1912–1934
Completed	6
Lost	1
Scrapped	5
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	756–791 t (744–779 long tons)
Length	78.1 m (256 ft 3 in) (p/p)
Beam	8.6 m (28 ft 3 in)
Draft	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Installed power	15,000 shp (11,185 kW); 4 water-tube boilers;
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 steam turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	1,950 nmi (3,610 km; 2,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	80–83
Armament	2 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) guns; 4 × single 65 mm (2.6 in) guns; 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;

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.

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