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C 60 - chasseur de sous-marins - (SC 359)

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C 60 - french subchaser - (SC 359)
(Other name = Chasseur 60)

Type SC 1

1918 - 1932

Builder : College Point Boat Co, New York, USA
Launch date : 1918
Date of completion : june 1918
End : march 5th, 1932.

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 60

History :

1918 : SC 359 (USA)
1918 : sold by the USA to France ;
September 6th, 1918 : From USA to France.
(1, 2 and 3rd squadrons)
April 25th, 1919 : Cdt MT Henri Mondon (captain)
November 1920 : Brest (France)
1932 : Sold to broken in Lorient (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

A bientot

C60 en 1920