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TANAMASOANDRO patrol ships (1942/1961-1965)

Tanamasoandro  1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tanamasoandro (ex-Marjolaine, ex-D337, ex-YMS69)     Weaver, Orange, USA 7.1941 5.3.1942 8.1942 // 2.1961 discarded 1968
Jasmine (ex-Jasmin, ex-D335, ex-YMS29)     Greenport Basin, USA 1.1942 11.4.1942 7.1942 // 8.1965 deleted 1976

 

Displacement standard, t

270

Displacement full, t

320

Length, m

39.6 wl 41.5 oa

Breadth, m

7.47

Draught, m

2.36 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2000 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU radar

Complement

60

Project history: Wooden-hulled US-built YMS class minesweepers, transferred to France. First was bought by Madagascar in 1961 as first warship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Jasmine served mostly as light tender.

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