The profi|e and p|an drawings are based on'as fitted'p|ans

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forJaguar and Panthćre drawn up bythe STCN and dated Paris
December l9z6. They show the ships broadly as comp|eted,
with a 3-metre base rangefinder atop the bridge. ln the pIan
The double bottom extended for most ofthe ship's length.
view, note the configuration ofthe centre deckhouse abaft the
Abeam the machinery spaces a continuous |ongitudina| bu|k-
funne| which distinguished these ships from their'industry'
head rose from the doub|e bottom to the Main Deck to
counterParts.
emergency generators, as wel| as the CO's galley; the after
deckhouse (roof arrićre\ the secondaryW/T office and the after
ammunition hoists. The ship's boats were grouped around
the forward deckhouse, while the centre and after deckhouses
each suppońed a gun mounting; the third ofthe upper guns
was mounted atop a deckhouse which extended from the
lower level ofthe bridge (roofsupćrieur avant\.

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 contemporary French bait €ships and cruisers Were generally armed With For selfdefence agairst straling airclaft there Were iwo 8mm Hoichki5s MC
four 75mm HA guns, so the two guns provided in theJdgł"rs (one in the [.4le r9r4 in sing e mountings; a twin mounting Mle l9u 6 was available from
Bourrasques) constituted an impressive armamert for such smal ships, More r929, The machine guns were normaly stowed below decks, and when re

over, the gun Was the newly developed Mle 1924 an a singe mounting Mle quired were affixed to pedestal mountings on the forecastle deck abeam ihe
r 922 (see ta[,le for data), ln ihe anii ailcraft lole it fred the oEA Mle r925 high bridge, ln the two lndurtrie B ships they were initia ly installed at the fo,ward
explosive shel outtoa maximunr range ofl5,ooo meires; atthe mourting's end ofthe centre deckhouse, but ir r927 Wele relocated to the forecastle,
maximUm elevation of 90' the ceiling Was 8ooom, lt Was also employed to 1ire
TORPEDOES
iLuminating she durirg a night actior, The 75mm M e l9z4 was a 5o calibre
Ihe Jaguars, |ike then brpilleur d'escadrć counterpańs of the Bourrasque class,
gun Which ploved reasonably effective in barrage file but Was over complex in
were equipped With two tliple mountings (schneider Mle r92oT) fol the new
operation, The lixed lound Was too long to permit loading above 7f, but a 1ir
55omm tolpedo, The tubes used compressed air for launch, each tube haV ng
ing cycl€ ofUp io r2rpm Was possib € With a tlain€d cr€W
a 60 itre [,ottle Which Was charged at 6okglcm'by Sauttel Hal ć compressols
The two 75mm guns Were mourted on reinforcements at the sides of the
located in the forward engire loom (upper level), A powder charge was avail
upper deck jusi abaft the centre d€ckhouse (Frames r8/r9), A tota ofr50 HE
rounds plus 6o starshe rounds was provided per gun, together With a few
saluting rounds, The 75mm ammunition Was stowed in a magazine With a

capacity of4ro rounds abaft the main r30mnr magazine in the after part ofthe
ship (see lnboard Prońle and Plan dlawings), The aftel hoists for the main
guns were used to provide a ready use suppy of 3o rounds per gur, which
were stowed in lockers a[,aft the centre deckhouse, Th€le
was no centralised
1ire contlol system for these guns, Which 6red through on mourt sights With
automatic colr€ction (Mle r925a),
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The torpedo was the 55omm Mle l919D, developed and built
by the Naval Dockyard at Toulon. The Mle r9r9D was powered
by a kerosene wet-heater engine, and was optimised for range
(D = Distanc.) over speed,]j lt had two speed settings: a high-
speed mode (CY = Crande Viźesse) in which the torpedo was
propelled at ]5 knots over a distance of 6ooom; and a low-
sPeed mode (Pv = PełiłeVitesse) for 25 knots and ]4,ooom. A
25okg Picric acid Warhead Was fitted,
ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS AND DETECTION APPAMTUS
Th€ antisubmarre armam€nt of these sh]ps Wa5 pańi.u ary .ompr€hens]V€,
Tw€]Ve dePth charges wer€ łowed r two Para le chltes d rectly b€neath the st€rr,
ard thereWer€ fourThorny.ro]1M € l9r8 depth charBethroweE or th€ upper deck
abeamthefirstfunne,
Th€ cu raud depth .harg€ M e 1922 Was ar ex.eptiora y powerfu weapon w]th
ar exp o5 Ve .harg€ ol2ookg]! which colld be set to exp ode at d€Pths ol5om,
75m or room The depth char8es w€re stowed €rd to €nd on a cort]nuous .ha n

khaine calk) Powercd by ar eectric motor, ard were lad by Bravty Va rals
sheathed with lBrum V]ta€ to secure smooih €rtry ]nto the Water and k€ep the
charBes.lear ofth€ sterr, s x d€Pth .ha€es cou d be ]aunched in 27 ]o secords
thro!8h łern oper r8s wh.h, wher not ]n usej wele sea]ed by sl]d nB dooE to
prev€nt r8re55 ol water (se€ schemł ą, A..es5 for depth sett n8 ofthe .har8es
was lrom th€ s d€, n the ev€rt olfa lre olth€ electr]c motor a hand whee .ou]d
be rigg€d or the uPp€rdeck,
Th€ syłem Was or g ra] ard we .orc€]V€d, ard had the beneft of leav nB the
!uań€rdeck fr€e for other equ]pm€nt su.h as m resweep]ng paravares Howevei
tWas much mole comPleX Grd.oły) than the s]mp e Dc ra ls favoured by other
navies, ard r serv.e th€re w€re nstar.es when th€ tr pp r8 of the c r.uit break
ers. or fa l!re olthe motoE, r€s!lted ]n the 5h p being unable to €xecute ar attack
when requ]r€d to do so, The Brlsh RoyalNaVy wh]ch had an rBmr€dsusp.]or
ofarything ihat.ou d rot be op€reted by'Ja.k wth a hand e'. nstal€dsmpeDc
ra]s wih r.ln€d a]ler sectiors on th€ French 5hp5 sezed ]n Gee Ł25!
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