C 26 - chasseur de sous-marins - (SC 172)
English Version :
C 26 - french subchaser - (SC 172)
(Other name = Chasseur 26)
Type SC 1
1917 - 1942
Builder : Matthews Co, Port Clinton, Ohio, USA
Launch date : 1917
Date of completion : January 1918
End : November 1942
Flag : French
Characteristics : 70 t.; 675 cv.; 33,5*4,5*2,3 meters; 75 tpc.;
Material of build : wood;
Machinery : 3 engines (gas.);
Number of screws : 3 screws;
Speed : 17 knots;
Crew : 25 seamen;
Guns : 1*75 + 1*Y-gun.
Naval marking : C 26
History :
1917 : SC 172 (USA)
1917 : sold by the USA to France ;
December 11th, 1917 : from New York to Philadelphia
December 22th, 1917 - February 1918 : From Philadelphia to Mediterranean sea via Bermuda, Azores Islands (Portugal), Leixoës, Gibraltar.
Towed by BARNEGAT then NOKOMIS ((to the Azores Islands (Portugal)) ;
Then escorted by USS RAMBLER;
(4th and 5th squadrons)
November 1920 : Toulon (France) - school ship or training ship ;
Passenger ship JEAN ARGAUD (Toulon <-> Islands of Hyères (Porquerolles) in France)
1925 : sold to Cie. Latecoère, later to Cie. Générale d'Aéropostale and then (probably since 1933) owned by Cie. Air France, Marseille
WWII : was requisitioned as "VP. 108" and was renamed in 1943 in "VP. 88".
Laid up 12.44 she was scrapped 8.11.46.
[strike]1942 : sold to be broken in Cherbourg (France) [/strike]
Bibliography : Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la Flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours
Tome II - 1870 / 2006
Lieutenant de Vaisseau Jean Michel ROCHE
2005 - Rezotel
http://www.netmarine.net/dico/index.htm
Site internet : http://www.subchaser.org/home
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