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Monday 14 August 2017

French destroyer Cavalier launched at Le Havre, France according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad 1910-1911 no. 7

An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting the launching by Normand of the French destroyer Cavalier (1) just like her predecessor Chasseur (2) fitted out with 4 Normand boilers although only fuel oiled. The machinery consisted of Parsons turbines. It now became to possible to compare the differences between coal and oil fuelled boilers while it became clear that the Chasseur on her trip from Cherbourg, France towards Toulon, France had a very high coal consumption.

Notes
1. Of the Chasseur-class consisting of the Chasseur, Actée, Cavalier, Fantassin and the Janissaire, preceded by the Voltigeur-class and succeeded by the Bouclier-class, launched by Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France on 9 May 1910, training ship since 1914 and stricken in December 1927.
2. Of the Chasseur-class consisting of the Chasseur, Actée, Cavalier, Fantassin and the Janissaire, preceded by the Voltigeur-class and succeeded by the Bouclier-class, launched by Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France on  20 February 1909 and stricken in October 1919.