Commandant Lucas was one of six s built for the French Navy during the 1910s.
Design and description
The Bisson class were enlarged versions of the preceding built to a more standardized design. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of , a beam of , and a draft of . Designed to displace ,Couhat, p. 111 they displaced at normal load. Their crew numbered 80–83 men.Gardiner & Gray, p. 203
Commandant Lucas was powered by a pair of Breguet steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft using steam provided by four Indret water-tube boilers. The engines were designed to produce which was intended to give the ships a speed of . During her sea trials, Commandant Lucas reached a speed of . The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of at cruising speeds of .
The primary armament of the Bisson-class ships consisted of two Modèle 1893 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure, and four Modèle 1902 guns distributed amidships. They were also fitted with two twin mounts for torpedo tubes amidships.
Construction and career Commandant Lucas was ordered from the Arsenal de Toulon and was launched on 11 July 1914. The ship was completed later that year.
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