NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pluton			A C Augustin-Normand, Le Havre	1911	10.3.1913	1913	stricken 1921
Cerbère			A C de la Loire, Nantes	1911	13.7.1912	1912	stricken 1923

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	566
Displacement full, t	660
Length, m	59.0
Breadth, m	8.30
Draught, m	3.30
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	coal 150
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 100/45 M1897, 1 x 1 - 75/63 M1908, 120 mines
Complement	90

Standard scale images

Project history

Unique purpose-built French minelayers. They appeared successful ships and were intensively used in days of WWI.

Modernizations

1917 - 1918, both: - 2 x 1 - 100/45, 1 x 1 - 75/63; + 1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897

Naval service

No significant events.