The Chasseur class consisted of four destroyers built for the French Navy during the first decade of the twentieth century.

[1] The destroyers were powered by three Parsons direct-drive steam turbines, each driving one propeller shafts using steam provided by four water-tube boilers of two different types.

The engines were designed to produce 7,200 shaft horsepower (5,400 kW) which was intended to give the ships a speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph); during their sea trials, the destroyers demonstrated speeds of 28.6–31 knots (53.0–57.4 km/h; 32.9–35.7 mph).

The ships carried 135 t (133 long tons) of fuel oil (Cavalier still used coal) which gave them a range of 1,520 nautical miles (2,820 km; 1,750 mi) at a cruising speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).

[3] The primary armament of the Chasseur-class ships consisted of six 65-millimeter (2.6 in) Modèle 1902 guns in single mounts, one each fore and aft of the superstructure and the others were distributed amidships.