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ALBÂTRE minesweepers (1919)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Albâtre     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1919 1919 sold 1920
Basalte     A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire   1919 1919 unlisted 1919
Gypse     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1919 1919 unlisted 1919
Meulière     A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire   1919 1919 stranded 24.5.1941
Pyrite     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1919 1919 lost 1926
Quartz     A C de la Loire, Nantes   1919 1919 unlisted 1939
Silex     A C de la Loire, St-Nazaire   1919 1919 sold 1920


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

380
Displacement full, t 
Length, m

57.6
Breadth, m

7.90
Draught, m

2.30
No of shafts

1
Machinery

1 Cochot VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler
Power, h. p.

500
Max speed, kts

10.5
Fuel, t

coal
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 65/50 M1902, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement63


Standard scale images


<i>nearly sister-ship Granit</i> 1918
nearly sister-ship Granit 1918


Project history

2nd series of Granit class avisos with boilers of older construction, built under 1917 programme.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Pyrite was lost in 1926 at Madagascar. Meulière stranded 24.5.1941 and lost at Corsica.