C 40 - chasseur de sous-marins - (SC 174)
English Version :
C 40 - french subchaser - (SC 174)
(Other name = Chasseur 40)
Type SC 1
1918 - 1922
Builder : Matthews Co, Port Clinton, Ohio, USA
Launch date : 1918
Date of completion : April 1918
End : 1922
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 40
History :
1917 : SC 174 (USA)
1917 : sold by the USA to France ;
December 11th, 1917 : from New York to Philadelphia;
December 15th, 1917 : during the cruise New York - Philadelphia, accidental collision with SC 141. The subchaser (SC 141) sinks;
repaired in Philadelphia;
March 30th, 1918 - May 15th, 1918 : From New London to Brest (France) via Bermuda, Azores Islands (Portugal).
(6th squadron)
February 12th, 1919 : Assigned to CEPOT (Cdt MT Lastretto)
November 1920 : Brest
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
