French World War I destroyers - reboot

[wb21]

Lovely work.
Reminds me of the much larger USN Wickes class DDs.

[Novice]

Amazing work, excellent thread with very superb drawings. Shipbucket at its best.

[apdsmith]

Hi GD,

I've kind of run out of superlatives by now, so you'll just have to trust me that "meeting your usual standard" is a high compliment indeed!

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[waritem]

Hi GD,

I've kind of run out of superlatives by now, so you'll just have to trust me that "meeting your usual standard" is a high compliment indeed!

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Same for me (as usual ).
It even start to get boring: could you please do some ugly drawing sometime......................

[eswube]

Excellent work!

[Garlicdesign]

Hello again!

The 900-tonnes-class: Enseigne Roux, Mecanicien Principal Lestin and Enseigne Gabolde

The final french pre-war destroyer design to be commissioned before the first world war ended all warship production except sloops and a few submarines. Apart from being bigger and likely more seaworthy, the Roux-class offered little improvement from their predecessors. Only two were finished to the original design; both looked like this when they commissioned in 1915:



Modifications during the war also were simliar to the older 800-tonners:



The third ship was laid up incomplete for the duration of the war and finished in 1923 to a thoroughly revised design, with a third 100mm gun replacing the four useless 65mm pieces and torpedo calibre increased to 550mm. The third gun was mounted forward, superfiring the first on a large bridge structure for such a small ship; Gabolde was every bit as overloaded as she looked and was considered a poor sea boat.



@ Waritem: I tried. Did not work. Lack of talent, probably.
@ everybody: Many thanks for the praise!

Greetings
GD

[waritem]

@ Waritem: I tried. Did not work. Lack of talent, probably.

[Jackie Treehorn]

Great. Really great. So, now only two classes are left. Aventurier and Arabe Class. Do you already plan what comes next? I would be glad if you would continue with the pre-I.WW destroyer from other major countries, like UK, Germany, Italy, or Russia.

[eswube]

Fantastic addition!

[wb21]

Well done!