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GRANIT minesweepers (1918)

Granit 1918

Granit 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Granit     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1918 1918 scuttled 27.11.1942
Gres     A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire   1918 1918 condemned 1920
Marbre     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1918 1918 condemned 1920
Mica     A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire   1918 1918 condemned 1938
Porphyre     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1918 1918 condemned 1932

 

Displacement normal, t

360

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

57.6

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 Belleville boiler

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

(1 - 2) x 1 - 65/50 M1902, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

63

Project history: Purpose-built minesweepers, laid down under 1917 program, officially rated as 2nd class avisos.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Granit was scuttled 27.11.1942 at Toulon, later salvaged and commissioned by Germans as SG26.

Granit

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