Lothringen 1944
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Lothringen (ex-Londres) | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne | 19.12.1941 | 24.6.1944 | surrendered 5.1945, sold mercantile |
Displacement standard, t |
|
Displacement full, t |
1975 |
Length, m |
93.6 wl 94.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
12.1 |
Draught, m |
3.15 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Penhoët boilers |
Power, h. p. |
22000 |
Max speed, kts |
24 |
Fuel, t |
oil 163 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 200 mines |
Electronic equipment | FuMO 28 radar |
Complement | 175 |
Project history: Ferry built for Soc. Nationale de Chemins de Fer, Dieppe. In June, 1940 she was captured on a slipway in Le Havre and completed as target vessel for submarines in 1943 as Lothringen. Since 24.4.1944 till 18.11.1944 she was converted to minelayer.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Lothringen operated in North and Baltic Seas, in 1945 she was returned to France and lost from a fire in 1966.
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