Bisson-class destroyer

The Bisson class was a class of six destroyers of the French Navy built between 1912-14, used during the First World War. 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 100 mm guns, four 65 mm guns and four 450 mm torpedo tubes in two trainable mounts as the preceding Bouclier-class destroyer, while steam turbines delivered 15000 shp giving a speed of over 30 kn (Magnon reached 32.02 kn during sea trials, the fastest of the class).

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 U-3 on 13 August 1915, with Renaudin being sunk by U-6.