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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

COASTAL FORCES

VLT1 motor torpedo boats (1945-1946)

V120 1945

Names

VLT1 (ex-FL.F307), 1952- VLT780, 1955- P780

VLT2 (ex-FL.F305), 1952- VLT781, 1955- P781

V120 (ex-FL.F301), 1952- VED621

V121 (ex-FL.F302), 1952- P622 VED622

Builders

C N de Meulan: VLT1, 2, V120, 121

Completed

1945: VLT1, 2, V120

1946: V121

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1953: VLT780

1955: VED621, 622

1958: P781

 

Displacement standard, t

75

Displacement full, t

94

Length, m

30.4

Breadth, m

5.85

Draught, m

1.80 normal 1.99 max

No of shafts

3

Machinery

4 Jumo petrol engines (2 shafts) + 2 Jumo petrol engines (1 shaft)

Power, h. p.

4400+1800=6200

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

petrol 12 000 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(15)
Armament

VLT1, 2: 2 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28, 1 x 2 - 20/65 C/38, 2 - 550 TT (4)

V120, 121: 2 x 3 - 15/84

Armament

18

Project history: Ex-German Lüftwaffe rescue boats, completed after war by French as MTBs. Planned V122-125 (ex-FL.F303, 304, 306 and 308) were never completed.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

VLT1 1945

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