V1 1916
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Names |
V1 - 40 |
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Builders |
Elco, Bayonne, USA: V1-40 |
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Completed |
1916 - 1917: V1-40 |
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Losses |
V21 (4.5.1917), V23 (23.8.1917), V37 (24.11.1917) |
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Transfers |
none |
|
Discarding |
early 1920s: V1 - 20, 22, 24 - 36, 38 - 40 |
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Displacement normal, t |
40 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
24.0 |
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Breadth, m |
3.80 |
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Draught, m |
1.05 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Standard petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
440 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 1 "Y" DCT, 1 "C" tube ASW system |
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Complement |
8 |
Project history: Motor patrol and anti-submarine wooden-hulled boats. 1st series was built in the USA by ELCO for RN, but bought up by French Government.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Soon after Armistice almost all boats of "V" type were broken up or sold to private owners.
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