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V41 ASW motor boats (1917)

Names

V41-53

Builders

Despujols, Neuilly-sur-Seine: V41-53

Completed

1917: V41-50

Losses

cancelled: V51-53

Transfers

none

Discarding

1920: V41-50

 

Displacement normal, t

40

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.0

Breadth, m

3.70

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Panhard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 1 "Y" DCT, 1 "C" tube ASW system

Complement

 

Project history: Designed by M Despujols and built in his yard at Neuilly-sur-Seine. First four boats had engine difficulties which delayed delivery until September 1917 when they were assigned to the Biscay Patrol Division while the next six went to Dunkirk. Three were cancelled.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: All were paid off in November 1919.

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