French sloop Élan
Élan was the lead ship of the French Élan-class minesweeping sloops (Avisos dragueur de mines). She was built by the Lorient shipyard and launched on 27 July 1938. She was interned in Turkey in June 1941 and released to the Free French Naval Forces in December 1944.[1]
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Name: | Élan |
Builder: | Lorient[1] |
Launched: | 27 July 1938[1] |
Stricken: | 26 March 1958[1] |
Fate: | scrapped[1] |
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Class and type: | Élan-class minesweeping sloop |
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Beam: | 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)[2] |
Draught: | 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in)[2] |
Propulsion: | 2 × Sulzer marine diesel engines, 4,600 hp (3,430 kW), 2 shafts[2] |
Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[2] |
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She remained in French Navy service after the war, was decommissioned on 26 March 1958 and scrapped.[1]
Notes
- Le Masson 1969, p. 18.
- Le Masson 1969, p. 16.
- Le Masson 1969, p. 17.
Sources
- Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. pp. 16–18. ISBN 9780356023847.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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