Ancre 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ancre | Arsenal de Lorient | 1917 | 4.1918 | 1918 | stricken 1940 | ||
| Scarpe | Arsenal de Lorient | 1917 | 31.10.1917 | 1918 | stricken 1938 | ||
| Suippe | Arsenal de Brest | 1917 | 4.1918 | 1918 | captured by British 3.7.1940 |
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Displacement normal, t |
604 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
76.2 |
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Breadth, m |
8.68 |
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Draught, m |
3.27 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Du Temple boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5000 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 143 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(11) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, 1 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, 2 DCT |
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Complement |
107 |
Project history: Flush-decked turbine driven sloops, built under the 1917 programme. Scarpe had clipper bow, remaining two ships had straight stems.
Modernizations: 1930s, all: - 1 x 1 - 65/50; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897
Naval service: Scarpe 3.5.1920 received damages in battle against Soviet floating battery Krasnaya Zarya off Ochakov and surrendered, but soon was returned to France. Ancre was paid off in 1940. Suippe was captured by British in July, 1940 at Falmouth; 4.4.1942 she was sunk there by German aircraft, later raised but never commissioned again.
Ancre
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