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DESTOUR corvette (1939/1959)

Destour 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
دستور [Destour] (ex-Chevreuil) E71   Arsenal de Lorient, France 6.1937 17.6.1939 9.1939 // 13.10.1959 hulk 1972

 

Displacement standard, t

660

Displacement full, t

900

Length, m

73.8 pp 78.3 oa

Breadth, m

8.70

Draught, m

3.28

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Sulzer diesels

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil 82

Endurance, nm(kts) 10000(9)

Armament

1 x 2 - 90/50 M1926, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (120)

Electronic equipment radars, sonar

Complement

106

Project history: Former French Chamois class corvette.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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