Branlebas 1939
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
FR41 (ex-Bombarde) | A C de la Loire, Nantes, France | 2.1935 | 23.3.1936 | 8.1937 // 12.1942 | to Germany 4.1943 (TA9) | ||
FR42 (ex-La Pomone) | A C de la Loire, Nantes, France | 11.1933 | 25.1.1935 | 12.1936 // 12.1942 | to Germany 4.1943 (TA10) | ||
FR43 (ex-L`Iphigénie) | A C de la Loire, Nantes, France | 12.1933 | 18.4.1935 | 11.1936 // 12.1942 | to Germany 4.1943 (TA11) |
Displacement standard, t |
680 |
Displacement full, t |
895 |
Length, m |
76.0 pp 80.7 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.96 |
Draught, m |
3.07 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons or Rateau-Bretagne geared steam turbines, 2 Indret boilers |
Power, h. p. |
22000 |
Max speed, kts |
34.5 |
Fuel, t |
oil 170 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 1000(20) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 100/45 M1932, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76, 1 x 2 - 550 TT, 1 DCR, 1 Ginocchio towed AS torpedo |
Complement |
105 |
Project history: After Allied landing in the North Africa in November, 1942 German troops captured French ships at Bizerte and transferred three torpedo boats of 600t type to Italy 28.12.1942 FR41 (ex-Bombarde), FR42 (ex-La Pomone) and FR43 (ex-L`lphigenie).
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: All were returned to Germany 6.4.1943.
La Bayonnaise 1937
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