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	Marocain on the Seine in 1921
History
France
Name	Marocain
Namesake	Moroccan people
Ordered	1916
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru, Japan
Laid down	1917
Launched	1 June 1917
Completed	1917
In service	29 September 1917
Stricken	27 August 1935
Fate	Scrapped after 1935
General characteristics
Class and type	Arabe-class destroyer
Displacement	685 t (674 long tons)
Length	82.26 m (269 ft 11 in) (o/a); 79.4 m (260 ft 6 in) (p/p);
Beam	7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 Kampon water-tube boilers; 10,000 PS (7,400 kW; 9,900 shp);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	109
Armament	1 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) gun; 4 × single 76 mm (3 in) guns; 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;

The French destroyer Marocain was one of a dozen Arabe-class destroyers built for the French Navy in Japan during the First World War.

Design and description

The Arabe-class ships had an overall length of 82.26 meters (269 ft 11 in), a length between perpendiculars of 79.4 meters (260 ft 6 in) a beam of 7.33 meters (24 ft 1 in), and a draft of 2.39 meters (7 ft 10 in).^[1] The ships displaced 865 metric tons (851 long tons) at normal load.^[2] They were powered by three vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four mixed-firing Kampon Yarrow-type boilers. The engines were designed to produce 10,000 metric horsepower (7,400 kW; 9,900 shp), which would propel the ships at 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). During their sea trials, the Arabe class reached 29.16–30.44 knots (54.00–56.37 km/h; 33.56–35.03 mph).^[3] The ships carried enough coal and fuel oil which gave them a range of 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).^[4] Their crew consisted of 5 officers and 104 crewmen.^[5]

The main armament of the Arabe-class ships was a single Type 41 12-centimeter (4.7 in) gun, mounted before the bridge on the forecastle. Their secondary armament consisted of four Type 41 76-millimeter (3 in) guns in single mounts; two of these were positioned abreast the middle funnel and the others were on the centerline further aft. One of these latter guns was on a high-angle mount and served as an anti-aircraft gun. The ships carried two above-water twin mounts for 450-millimeter (17.7 in) torpedo tubes. In 1917–18, a rack for eight 75-kilogram (165 lb) depth charges was added.^[6]

Construction and career

Marocain was ordered from Maizuru Naval Arsenal^[4] and was launched on 1 June 1917 and was completed on 29 September. She was stricken on 27 August 1935 and subsequently broken up for scrap.^[7]

Citations

^ Garier, p. 33
^ Smigielski, p. 205
^ Garier, pp. 34, 36
^ ^a ^b Couhat, p. 118
^ Garier, p. 37
^ Garier, pp. 36–37
^ Garier, p. 34

References

Couhat, Jean Labayle (1974). French Warships of World War I. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0445-5.
Garier, Gérard (March 2001). "Les torpilleurs d'escadre français de construction japonaise: Le type 'Algérien' (1917 / 1936)". Navires & Historie. 06. Lela Presse: 33–51. ISSN 1280-4290.
Smigielski, Adam (1985). "France". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 190–220. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.