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S3 motor launches (1942)


Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

S3 - 6

Miami SB, USA: S3 - 6

1942: S3 - 6

S3 (3/1942), S4 (3/1942), S5 (3/1942), S6 (3/1942)

None

None



Technical data


Displacement standard, t26
Displacement full, t 
Length, m19.2
Breadth, m4.65
Draught, m1.17
No of shafts2
Machinery2 Hall Scot petrol engines
Power, h. p.1260
Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, tpetrol
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

4 x 1 - 12.7/62

Complement10


Project history

Patrol and guard boats which were a part of the Gouvernementmarine, type "P" were slow-speed, and type "S" were fast. Built on colonial wharfs under own projects, slightly improved from a series to a series.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All boats were lost or have been destroyed by crews during time of Japanese offensive.

Many thanks to Stanislav Zaplatin for correction of information on this page.