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SG18 escort (1935/1944)

 

SG18 1944

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
SG18 (ex-Le Gladiateur)     Arsenal de Lorient, France 1932 10.4.1933 1935 // 1.1944 sunk 4.2.1944

 

Displacement standard, t

1858

Displacement full, t

2293

Length, m

113.0

Breadth, m

12.7

Draught, m

3.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Parsons steam turbines, 2 Indret boilers

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

oil 399

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

4 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 6 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, probably mines, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

132

Project history: Former French netlayer Le Gladiateur. 27.10.1942 ship was scuttled at Toulon, salvaged by Germans 20.3.1943 and commissioned by Navy in January, 1944 as ASW corvette and mineship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: SG18 was sunk at Toulon by American aircraft 4.2.1944.

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