Francis Garnier 1960
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Francis Garnier (ex-Eritrea) | A04, 1950- F730 | Cantieri di Castellammare di Stabia, Italy | 7.1935 | 28.9.1936 | 2.1937 // 12.2.1948 | stricken 1966 |
Displacement standard, t |
2165 |
Displacement full, t |
3068 |
Length, m |
87.0 pp 96.9 oa |
Breadth, m |
13.3 |
Draught, m |
3.50 normal load 4.70 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Fiat diesels / 2 diesel-generators, 2 Marelli electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
7800 + 1300 = 9100 |
Max speed, kts |
20 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 320 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 6950(11.8) |
Armament |
2 x 2 - 120/45 Schneider-Canet-Armstrong 1918-19, 2 x 2 - 37/54 Breda 1938, 2 x 2 - 20/65 Breda 1935 |
Electronic equipment | presumably radar |
Complement |
234 |
Project history: Former Italian colonial sloop, transferred under the Peace Treaty and commissioned as 1st class aviso.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015