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fighting ships of the world

FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

CONVERTED MERCHANT SHIPS

armed yachts of WWII

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT

Dimensions, m

(length pp)

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

P98 Alphée (ex-Nimet Allah) 1933 // 1940 Kiel, Germany 1060 t 71.3ppx9.6x4.0 14 2 diesels, 1700 1 x 1 - 75/35 paid off 12.1940
AD185 Girundia II 1910 // 1940 John Brown, Clydebank, UK 1200 t 70.4ppx9.5x 14 2 VTE 1 x 1 - 75/35, 2 x 1 - 20/70 BU 1948
P140 L`Incomprise II (ex-Eros) 1926 // --- Ramage & Ferguson, UK 1109 t 67.0ppx9.8x4.5 12 2 diesels   captured incomplete by Germany 1942 (UJ2216)

Project history: Yachts converted to patrols and minesweeper.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Girundia II 1945

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