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ANDROMÉDÉ 1st class aviso (escort sloop) (1917)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Andromédé (ex-Andromeda), 1917- Ville d`Ys   1036 Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK 12/1916 6.1917 8.1917 stricken 6.1945


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1121

Displacement full, t

1250

Length, m

75.4 pp 83.5 oa

Breadth, m

12.0

Draught, m

5.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 4-cyl VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

2675

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

coal 270

Endurance, nm(kts)2400(10)
Armament

3 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 DCT, 1 DCR

Complement

103



Standard scale images


<i>Ville d`Ys</i> 1940
Ville d`Ys 1940


Project history

Purchased from UK for replacement of sunken sloop Rigel. Belonged to Aubrietia group.

Modernizations

1920: armament was changed to 1 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, 3 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885.

Naval service

After the First World War sloop saw fishery protection service. To the Second World War beginning she became outdated and paid off at Fort-de-France (West Indies) in November, 1940.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.