French destroyer Hova

	Sister ship Algérien in 1917
History
France
Name	Hova
Namesake	Hova
Ordered	1916
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
Laid down	1917
Launched	July 1917
Completed	1917
In service	1917
Stricken	14 June 1936
Fate	Scrapped after 1936
General characteristics
Class & type	Arabe-class destroyer
Displacement	685 t (674 long tons)
Length	82.26 m (269 ft 11 in) (o/a); 79.4 m (260 ft 6 in) (p/p);
Beam	7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 Kampon water-tube boilers; 10,000 PS (7,400 kW; 9,900 shp);
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	109
Armament	1 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) gun; 4 × single 76 mm (3 in) guns; 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;

The French destroyer Hova was one of a dozen Arabe-class destroyers built for the French Navy in Japan during the First World War.

History
Sister ship Algérien in 1917
France
Name	Hova
Namesake	Hova
Ordered	1916
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo, Japan
Laid down	1917
Launched	July 1917
Completed	1917
In service	1917
Stricken	14 June 1936
Fate	Scrapped after 1936
General characteristics
Class & type	Arabe-class destroyer
Displacement	685 t (674 long tons)
Length	82.26 m (269 ft 11 in) (o/a) 79.4 m (260 ft 6 in) (p/p)
Beam	7.33 m (24 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power	4 Kampon water-tube boilers 10,000 PS (7,400 kW; 9,900 shp)
Propulsion	3 shafts; 3 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	109
Armament	1 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) gun 4 × single 76 mm (3 in) guns 2 × twin 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes