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GREIF seaplane tender (1937)

Greif 1939

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Greif BS21 791 Oderwerke, Stettin   1936 1.8.1937 surrendered 5.1945, to USA 12.1945, to France 2.1948 (Marcel le Bihan)

 

Displacement standard, t

890

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

72.0

Breadth, m

10.6

Draught, m

2.65

No of shafts

2 Voith-Schneider propellers

Machinery

2 MAN diesels

Power, h. p.

4400

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil 40

Endurance, nm(kts) 2400(15)

Armament

3 x 1 - 7.9/79, 3 seaplanes (He 60, Do 18, He 114)

Complement

63

 

Project history: Depot ship for maintenance and repair of seaplanes, was arranged by deck for three seaplanes and 10t gantry.

Modernizations: 1939: - 3 x 1 - 7.9/79; + 1 x 1 - 20/65 C/38.

Naval service: Greif was transferred on reparations to France as Marcel Le Bihan.

Greif

 

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