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{{one source|date=January 2013}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image =Bisson french destroyer.jpg | French destroyer|Bisson | 2} in harbor
}}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Bisson class | Builders = | France}} | Bouclier|destroyer|4}} | Enseigne Roux|destroyer|4}} | Cost = | Built range = 1911–14 | In service range = | In commission range = 1912–34 | Total ships completed = 6 | Total ships lost = 1 | Total ships scrapped = 5
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Destroyer | 756|-|791|LT|t|0|disp=flip|abbr=on|lk=on}} | 78.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} (p/p) | 8.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 3.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 15000|shp|0|abbr=on|lk=in}}- 4 Indret water-tube boilers
| Ship propulsion = 2 shafts; 2 Steam turbines | 30|kn|lk=in}} | 1950|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn}} | Ship complement = 80–83 | 100|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} Mle 1893 guns- 4 × {{convert|65|mm|in|abbr=on}} Mle 1902 guns
- 2 × Twin {{convert|450|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
| Ship notes =
}} | The Bisson class was a group 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. The class is named in tribute to the French Admiral Hippolyte Bisson who sacrificed himself aboard the ship Panayoti in 1827 during the Greek War of Independence. The class carried the same armament of two {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} guns, four {{convert|65|mm|in|abbr=on}} guns and four {{convert|450|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes in two trainable mounts as the preceding {{Sclass-|Bouclier|destroyer|4}}, while steam turbines delivered {{convert|15000|shp|kW}} giving a speed of over {{convert|30|kn|km/h}} (Magnon reached {{convert|32.02|kn|lk=in}} during sea trials, the fastest of the class).[1] They were laid down between 1911 and 1912 and launched from 1913 from 1914. The class served primarily in the Mediterranean Sea during the First World War, with Bisson sinking the Austrian submarine {{SMU|U-3|Austria-Hungary|2}} on 13 August 1915, with Renaudin being sunk by {{SMU|U-6|Austria-Hungary|2}}.[1] Ships| Name | Builder | Launched | Fate |
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| French destroyer|Bisson | 2} | Arsenal de Toulon | 12 September 1912 | Struck, June 1933 | | French destroyer|Renaudin | 2} | 20 March 1913 | SM|U-6|Austria-Hungary|2}} off Durazzo, 18 March 1916 | | French destroyer|Commandant Lucas | 2} | 11 July 1914 | Struck, June 1933 | | French destroyer|Protet | 2} | Arsenal de Rochefort | 15 October 1913 | Struck, 1933 | | French destroyer|Mangini | 2} | Schneider et Cie, Chalon-sur-Saône | 31 March 1913 | Struck, 1934 | | French destroyer|Magon | 2} | Ateliers et Chantiers de Bretagne, Nantes | 19 April 1913 | Struck, 16 February 1926 | |
References1. ^1 Gardiner & Gray, p. 203
Bibliography- {{cite book|last=Couhat|first=Jean Labayle|title=French Warships of World War I|year=1974|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-0445-5}}
- {{cite book|last1=Gardiner|first1=Robert|last2=Gray|first2=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{cite book |first=Eric W. |last=Osborne|year=2005 |chapter= |title=Destroyers – An Illustrated History of Their Impact |isbn=1-85109-479-2 |oclc= |publisher=ABC-Clio |location=Santa Barbara, California}}
- {{cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |chapter=Classement par types |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2, 1870 - 2006 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |publisher=Roche |location=Toulon}}
External links{{Commons category|Bisson class destroyers|Bisson-class destroyer}}- The Bisson class on navypedia.org
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