French destroyer Kabyle

The French destroyer Kabyle 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 m, a length between perpendiculars of 79.4 m a beam of 7.33 m, and a draft of 2.39 m. The ships displaced 865 t at normal load. 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 10000 PS, which would propel the ships at 29 kn. During their sea trials, the Arabe class reached 29.16 - 30.44 kn. The ships carried enough coal and fuel oil which gave them a range of 2000 nmi at 12 kn. Their crew consisted of 5 officers and 104 crewmen.

The main armament of the Arabe-class ships was a single Type 41 12 cm gun, mounted before the bridge on the forecastle. Their secondary armament consisted of four Type 41 76 mm 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 mm torpedo tubes. In 1917–18, a rack for eight 75 kg depth charges was added.

Construction and career
Kabyle was ordered from Sasebo Naval Arsenal and was launched on 7 June 1917 and completed on 25 July. She was stricken on 14 June 1936 and subsequently broken up for scrap.