French torpedo boat Aquilon preformed well during trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1896-1897 no. 3

An item referred to the magazine Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens reporting that the French torpedo boat Aquilon performed very well during her official trial. In a pre trial was with 360 rpm a speed of 25,8 miles reached now on 4 February even 26,17 miles, 1,7 miles more as the contracted speed.