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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Francis Garnier		76	CNF, Caen	1926	12.1927	1931	scuttled 9.3.1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	639
Displacement full, t
Length, m	62.5 pp
Breadth, m	10.3
Draught, m	2.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	VTE, 2 du Temple boilers
Power, h. p.	3200
Max speed, kts	15
Fuel, t	oil 100
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/45 M1917, 1 x 1 - 75/50 M1924, 2 x 1 - 37/50 M1925, 4 x 1 - 8.80
Complement	103

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Project history

Largest gunboat for Chinese rivers ever built.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Francis Garnier was scuttled at Kratie (Mekong) 9.3.1945 to avoid capture by Japanese fleet.



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