French aviso Calais

History
France
Name	Calais
General characteristics (as built)
Displacement	850 long tons (864 t) standard
Length	75 m (246 ft 1 in) o/a
Beam	8.7 m (28 ft 7 in)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Installed power	Normand boilers 3,000 shp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion	Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	4 officers, 99 sailors
Armament	2 × 138 mm (5 in)/55 Modèle 1910 1 × 75 mm (3 in)/62.5 Modèle 1908 4 × 8 mm (0.31 in)/80 Modèle 1914 Hotchkiss 2 × Anti-submarine warfare Mortars 2 × Naval mine rails

Calais was an Arras-class aviso built for the French Navy and launched in 1918 at the end of the First World War.

Bibliography

• Smigielski, Adam (1985). "France". In Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-245-5.