C 59 - chasseur de sous-marins - (SC 377)
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C 59 - french subchaser - (SC 377)
(Other name = Chasseur 59)
Type SC 1
1918 - ????
Builder : Kyle & Purdy, City Island, New York, USA
Launch date : 1918
Date of completion : june 1918
End : ????
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 59
History :
1918 : SC 377 (USA)
1918 : sold by the USA to France ;
September 6th, 1918 : From USA to France.
(1, 2 and 3rd squadrons);
November 1920 : Cherbourg
May 31th, June 1st, 1925 : Paris for a boat show.
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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