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C 81 - chasseur de sous-marins - (SC 386)

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C 81 - french subchaser - (SC 386)
(Other name = Chasseur 81)

Type SC 1

1918 - 1947 (?)

Builder : Matthews Co, Port Clinton, Ohio, USA
Launch date : 1918
Date of completion : november 1918
End : 1947 (?).

Flag : (USA), France, (Italia)
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 81

History :

1918 : SC 386 (USA)
1918 : sold by the USA to France ;
October 24th, 1918 : From USA to France.
(5, 6 and 7th squadrons);
1918 : 5th patrol squadron;
1929: Leased to Air Union;
Bizerte
December 12th, 1942 : Ship seized by the Italian Navy (German ultimatum in Tunisia);
May 6th, 1945 : Ship scuttled by Italian troops in Bizerte
Ship refloated;
August 12th, 1947 : the ship wreck is condemned. (scrapped ?)


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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