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FR74 small minesweeper (1918 / 1942)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

FR74 (ex-Ch81, ex-C81, ex-SC386)

Matthews Boat, Port Clinton, USA: FR74

1918 // 12.1942: FR74

FR74 (6.5.1943)

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Technical data


Displacement normal, t

75

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

33.5

Breadth, m

4.50

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts3
Machinery

3 Standard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

660

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, tpetrol 9080 l
Endurance, nm(kts)1000 (12)
Armament

1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCT ("Y"-gun), mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement27


Standard scale images


<i>FR74</i> 1942
FR74 1942


Project history

Former French submarine chaser, captured 8.12.1942 by Germans at Bizerta and transferred to Italians.

Modernizations

None.

Fate Notes

FR74 was scuttled 6.5.1943 by Italian crew.