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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