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KRIEGSMARINE (GERMANY)

CONVERTED MERCHANT SHIPS

fast escorts of WW II

SG11 1944

SG13 1943

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT (disp., t)

Dimensions, m

(length pp)

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate

SG10 (ex-Felix-Henri) 1933 // 5/1943 Fredrikstad Mek. V., Denmark 2526 (3750) 96.0x14.2x5.5 12 VTE, 2 boilers, 1900 2 x 1 - 105/65, 4 - 37, 18 - 20, 6 DCT, 6 DCR (100) sunk 28/8/1943
SG11 (ex-Alice Robert) 1934 // 5/1943 Nakskov Skibsv., Norway 2588 (4600) 95.0x14.6x5.5 13.1 VTE, 2 boilers, 1900 3 x 1 - 105/65, 4 - 37, 16 - 20, 6 DCT, 6 DCR (100) sunk 2/6/1944
M6062 (ex-SG12, ex-Djebel Dira) 1930 // 6/1944 Swan Hunter, Wallsend, UK 2835 (4700) 99.1x13.6x5.6 14.3 geared steam turbine, 3 boilers, 2400   scuttled 28/8/1944
SG13 (ex-Cyrnos), 10/1943- M6063 1929 // 5/1943 Weser, Bremen 2406 (3230) 94.5x12.5x5.8 16.1 2 diesels, 3700 3 x 1 - 105/65, 4 - 37, 16 - 20, 6 DCT, 6 DCR (100) scuttled 8/1944
SG19 (ex-Kilissi) 1934 // --- C A de Provence, Port-de-Bouc, France 3723 (4850) 99.0x14.8x5.5 13 VTE, 3 boilers, 3600   sunk incomplete 12/9/1944
SG24 (ex-X81, ex-Ampère) 1930 // --- Soc. Provencales, La Ciotat, France 2435 (3920) 91.5x12.5x5.5 12.5 2 VTE, 3 boilers, 2400   scuttled incomplete 8/1944

 

Ship project history: Former French vessels, used as "fast" escorts in Mediterranean.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: SG10 was sunk by British submarine Sickle W off Corsica 28/8/1943, SG11 was sunk by British submarine Ultor 2/6/1944 off Port Vendres. M6062 was scuttled 28/8/1944 at Marseilles. SG13 was scuttled at Marseilles in August, 1944. Incomplete SG19 was sunk by Allied aircraft 12/9/1944 in Ebro mouth. Incomplete SG24 was scuttled in August, 1944 at Marseilles.

 

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