C 69 - chasseur de sous-marins - (SC 382)
English Version :
C 69 - french subchaser - (SC 382)
(Other name = Chasseur 69)
Type SC 1
1918 - 1931
Builder : Mathis Yacht Building Co, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Launch date : 1918
Date of completion : june 1918
End : february 2nd, 1931
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 69
History :
1918 : SC 382 (USA)
1918 : sold by the USA to France ;
September 6th, 1918 : From USA to France.
(1, 2 and 3rd squadrons);
1920 : Coast guard (fishing survey) in la Bidassoa (France);
affected to French Custom Office;
Sold to be then transformed in yacht;
July 31th, 1931 : towed, sunk in Port Tudy.
1931 : 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
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