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CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS
fast escorts of WW II
Ships
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 - 105/60, 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 - 105/60, 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 - 105/60, 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 |
Standard scale images
SG11 1944
SG13 1943
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.
