C 21 - chasseur de sous-marins - (SC 317)
English Version :
C 21 - french subchaser - (SC 317)
(Other name = Chasseur 21)
Type SC 1
1917 - 1923
Builder : Kyle & Purdy, City Island, New-York, USA
Launch date : 1917
Date of completion : december 1917
End : 1923
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 men;
Guns : 1*75 + 1*Y-gun.
Naval marking : C 21
History :
1917 : SC 317 (USA)
1917 : sold by the USA to France ;
October 28th, 1917 - December 3rd, 1917 : from New York to Brest (France) via Bermuda, Azores Islands (Portugal), Leixoës.
Escorted by MAY, then CASSIOPEE; (3rd squadron)
1923 : sold to be broken in Rochefort (France).
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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