An item reported the launching by Graville, Le Havre, France of the French aviso destroyer Cassini. Displacement 943 ton and as dimensions 80 x 8,32 x 3,50 (aft) metres. The machinery consisted of 2 vertical 3-cylinder compound steam engines delivering with 266 rpm 5.000 ihp allowing a maximum speed of 21 miles. She was armed with 1-18cm/7” quick firing gun, 3-6,5cm/2.6” quick firing guns, 4-3,7cm/1/5” quick firing guns and 3 torpedo tubes.(1)
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1. Of the d’Iberville class torpedo gunboats consisting of th Casabianci, Cassini and d’Iberville, laid down by F.C. de la Méditerrannée, Graville, Le Havre, France in November 1892, launched on 5 June 1894, completed in 1895, converted into a minelayer in 1913 and sunk on 20 February 1917 when she strike a mine laid by he German submarine UC35in the Strait of Bonifacio.
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1. Of the d’Iberville class torpedo gunboats consisting of th Casabianci, Cassini and d’Iberville, laid down by F.C. de la Méditerrannée, Graville, Le Havre, France in November 1892, launched on 5 June 1894, completed in 1895, converted into a minelayer in 1913 and sunk on 20 February 1917 when she strike a mine laid by he German submarine UC35in the Strait of Bonifacio.
