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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ALBÂTRE minesweepers (1919)

nearly sister-ship Granit 1918

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Albâtre     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1919 1919 sold 1920
Basalte     A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire   1919 1919 unlisted 1919
Gypse     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1919 1919 unlisted 1919
Meulière     A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire   1919 1919 stranded 24.5.1941
Pyrite     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1919 1919 lost 1926
Quartz     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1919 1919 unlisted 1939
Silex     A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire   1919 1919 sold 1920

  

Displacement normal, t

380

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

57.6

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Cochot VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

10.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

63

Project history: 2nd series of Granit class avisos with boilers of older construction, built under 1917 programme.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Pyrite was lost in 1926 at Madagascar. Meulière stranded 24.5.1941 and lost at Corsica.

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