The Chasseur class was a class of four destroyer

Destroyer

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 built between 1909–1910, used during the First World War

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Apart from Chasseur, which still used coal, they were the first French Navy ships to be fitted with oil-fired boilers. In trials

Sea trial

A sea trial is the testing phase of a watercraft . It is also referred to as a "shakedown cruise" by many naval personnel. It is usually the last phase of construction and takes place on open water, and can last from a few hours to many days.Sea trials are conducted to measure a vessel’s...

 they exceeded their designed power by a wide margin, achieving speeds of up to 31 knots (16.9 m/s).

Ships

Name	Builder	Launched	Fate
Chasseur	Normand, Le Havre Le Havre Le Havre is a city in the Seine-Maritime department of the Haute-Normandie region in France. It is situated in north-western France, on the right bank of the mouth of the river Seine on the English Channel. Le Havre is the most populous commune in the Haute-Normandie region, although the total...	20 February 1909	Struck, October 1919.
Cavalier	Normand, Le Havre	9 May 1910	Training ship from 1914. Struck, December 1927.
Fantassin	F. et Ch. de la Méditerranée Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée The Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée was a French shipbuilding company. The 'Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée' was founded in 1853 by Philip Taylor, while a new company, the 'Nouvelle' société, was founded in 1856. It had shipyards in La Seyne-sur-Mer,... , La Seyne	17 June 1909	Sunk after collision with , 5 June 1916.
Janissaire	Penhoët, St. Nazaire	12 April 1910	Struck, October 1920.