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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