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PLUTON minelayers (1912 - 1913)


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


<i>Pluton</i> 1918
Pluton 1918


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.