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Names |
SA1,1942- FH24 SA2, 1942- FH25 SA3 SA4, 1942- FC40 SA5, 1942- FK2 SA6 SA7 SA8, 1943- FK58 SA9, 1943- FK59 |
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Builders |
Jouett, Sartrouville: SA1 Chant. Romano, Antibes: SA2 - 4, 6, 7 Chantiers Navales de Meulan: SA5 Chant. de la Loire, St. Nazaire: SA8, 9 |
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Commissioned |
1941: SA1 - 5 1942: SA6, 8,9 |
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Losses |
SA6, 7 - cancelled SA3 (24.3.1942) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
surrendered 5.1945: FH24, FH25, FC40, FK2, FK58, FK59 |
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Displacement standard, t |
23 |
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Displacement full, t |
30 |
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Length, m |
20.2 |
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Breadth, m |
5.00 |
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Draught, m |
0.90 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 Lorraine Petrel petrol engines / 2 petrol engines for cruising |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 / 200 |
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Max speed, kts |
40 / 15 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 600(15) |
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Armament |
as designed: 1 x 1 - 37/50 M1925, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 - 450 TT |
| Complement |
18 |
Project history: Motor torpedo boats, ordered by Republican Spanish Government in France in 1937 as type 40K, SA8 and 9 were ordered by French Navy as patrol boats. All were captured on the stocks. Since 1941 they were completed as MTBs for Kriegsmarine.
Modernizations: 1942 - 1943, all survived: were converted to guard / patrol boats without TTs.
Naval service: No significant events.
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