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TOPAZ patrol craft (1956/1979)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Topaz (ex-Croix du Sud)     A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Havre, France   13.6.1956 1956 // 20.1.1979 stricken 1995


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

400

Displacement full, t

440

Length, m

42.7 pp 46.4 oa

Breadth, m

8.55

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SEMT-Pielstick diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 48

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipmentDRBN-31 radar
Complement

37



Standard scale images


<i>Croix du Sud </i>1965
Croix du Sud 1965


Project history

French Sirius-class minesweeper, since 1969 used as patrol, all minesweeping equipment was removed.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.