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TORPEDO SHIPS

BOUCLIER torpedo boat (1938/1940)

Bouclier 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bouclier H20 50 A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait, France 10.1934 9.8.1937 8.1938 // 8.1940 to FNFL 1.1941

   

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 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: Ex-French torpedo boat of 600t type. She was captured by British 3.7.1940 during operation "Catapult", transferred to Dutch Navy 31.8.1940, but because of problems with a machinery actually did not entered service.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Bouclier was returned to RN 12.1.1941 and immediately transferred to FNFL.

La Bayonnaise 1937

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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