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I mean it doesn't really matter what they were called: what mattered was their displacement of about 600 tons, which meant that their total number was unrestricted by the treaty. For once ther was no foul play involved there. In fact other navies built similar ships for the same reason: Ppic related for example is a La Melpomène class torpedo boat (torpilleur d'escadre) of the French Navy. the japanese had their Chidori class Torpedo boats, and Ecen the bongs had their own Kingfisher-class sloop