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ALFRED I patrols (1943)

V717 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Alfred I V715   A C de Bretagne, Nantes   10.7.1941 2.1943 sunk 6.7.1944
Alfred II V716   A C de Bretagne, Nantes   15.1.1942 5.1943 surrendered 5.1945, sold 1945
Alfred III V717   A C de Bretagne, Nantes   3.3.1942 11.1943 sunk 23.8.1944

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

2100

Length, m

68.7

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

5.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE with exhaust steam turbine, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 4 DCT, 6 DCR

Electronic equipment FuMO 28 radar, S-Gerät (presumably) sonar, GHG hydrophone
Complement  

Project history: Large auxiliary patrols based on trawler hulls ordered by Kriegsmarine to French shipbuilder.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: V715 was sunk by British destroyer 6.7.1944 in the English Channel. V717 was sunk by gunfire of British boats off Audierne 23.8.1944.

 

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