NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Tanamasoandro (ex-Marjolaine, ex-D337, ex-YMS69)			Weaver, Orange, USA	7.1941	5.3.1942	8.1942 // 2.1961	discarded 1968
Jasmine (ex-Jasmin, ex-D335, ex-YMS29)			Greenport Basin, USA	1.1942	11.4.1942	7.1942 // 8.1965	deleted 1976

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	270
Displacement full, t	320
Length, m	39.6 wl 41.5 oa
Breadth, m	7.47
Draught, m	2.36 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	800
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000 (12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	SF or SO or SU radar
Complement	60

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Project history

Wooden-hulled US-built YMS class minesweepers, transferred to France. First was bought by Madagascar in 1961 as first warship.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Jasmine served mostly as light tender.