C 39 - chasseur de sous-marins - (SC 171)
English Version :
C 39 - french subchaser - (SC 171)
(Other name = Chasseur 39)
Type SC 1
1918 - 1921
Builder : Matthews Co, Port Clinton, Ohio, USA
Launch date : 1918
Date of completion : April 1918
End : 1921
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 39
History :
1917 : SC 171 (USA)
1917 : sold by the USA to France ;
December 11th, 1917 : from New york to Philadelphia;
December 22th, 1917 - February 1918 : From Philadelphia to Bermuda, towed by NAHAUT then the spanish steamship MANUEL CALVO (after damage);
(4th and 5th squadrons)
February 12th, 1918 : arrived in Azores Islands (Portugal) towed by an U.S. monitor;
May 8th, 1918 - May 15th, 1918 : From Azores Islands to Gibraltar, with 30 U.S. subchasers and 3 french subchasers
September 30th, 1919 : Division des Ecoles (School Squadron)
1921 : Sold to broken
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
A bientot
