French torpedo boats 1st class fitted out with quick firing guns in stead of machineguns according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1896-1897 no. 8

An item referred to the Mittheilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens reporting that the armament of the French torpedo boats 1st class would be altered, Instead of machineguns were they to be armed with quick firing guns.