La Combattante 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| La Combattante (ex-Haldon) | L19 | 695 | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 1.1941 | 27.4.1942 | 12.1942 | sunk 23.2.1945 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1050 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1490 |
|
Length, m |
80.5 pp 85.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.60 |
|
Draught, m |
3.73 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
19000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
27 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 328 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(20) |
|
Armament |
2 x 2 - 102/45 QF MkXVI, 1 x 4 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 2 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70) |
| Electronic equipment | type 271, type 285, type 286 radars, type 128 sonar |
|
Complement |
168 |
Project history: British escort destroyer Haldon of Hunt 3 type, transferred to FNFL 15.12.1942. Transfer of two more ships of this class was assumed.
Modernizations: 1943-1944, presumably: - type 271, type 286 radars; + type 272, type 291 radars
Naval service: La Combattante was lost from an underwater explosion in Humber mouth. The reason considers mining, though sinking of the ship by German midget submarine KU330 may been.
La Combattante
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