V1 Roi Albert 1919
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Names |
V1 Roi Albert (ex-F16) V2 Reine Elisabeth (ex-F18) V3 Prince Leopold (ex-F19) V4 (ex-F29) V5 Chevalier Casaert (ex-F30) V6 Roi Leopold I (ex-F33) V7 Roi Leopold II (ex-F35) V8 Princesse Marie-José (ex-F36) V9 Dinant (ex-F40) V10 (ex-F48) V11 (ex-F56) V12 (ex-F57) |
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Builders |
von Hacht, Germany: V10 Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: V1 Roi Albert, V2 Reine Elisabeth, V3 Prince Leopold Navighorst, Germany: V4, V5 Chevalier Casaert, V9 Dinant Oltmann, Germany: V6 Roi Leopold I Max Oertz, Hamburg, Germany: V7 Roi Leopold II, V8 Princesse Marie-José Abeking, Lemwerder, Germany: V11, V12 |
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Commissioned |
1917 // 11.1918: V1 Roi Albert, V2 Reine Elisabeth, V3 Prince Leopold, V4, V5 Chevalier Casaert, V6 Roi Leopold I, V7 Roi Leopold II, V8 Princesse Marie-José 1918 // 11.1918: V9 Dinant, V10-12 |
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Losses |
None |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
1927: V1 Roi Albert, V2 Reine Elisabeth, V3 Prince Leopold, V4, V5 Chevalier Casaert, V6 Roi Leopold I, V7 Roi Leopold II, V8 Princesse Marie-José, V9 Dinant, V10-12 |
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Displacement standard, t |
19 |
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Displacement full, t |
21 |
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Length, m |
17.5 |
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Breadth, m |
4.00 |
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Draught, m |
1.05 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Daimler or Benz or Hanomag petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
120 - 130 |
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Max speed, kts |
10 - 11 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 3 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 250(11) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 7.9/79 or 1 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
7 |
Project history: German minesweeping / patrol boats, design of 1915. Intended for operations on inner harbours of naval bases and closed harbour areas, also fulfilled police functions. All served in Flandern, interned at Hellevoetsluis 15.11.1918 and after war commissioned by Belgian Navy.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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