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4)CMT DOMINE U 70




Completed: 1940


Displacement: 630 tons, 895 full


Length: 256, 7 ft


Beam: 28,7 ft


Draught: 10, 9 ft


Propulsion: 2 × Sulzer diesel engines, 4,000 hp (2,983 kW), 2 shafts


Speed: 20 kts


Complement: 106


Armament: 1 × single M1892 or M1932 100 mm/45 gun or 1 × twin M1926 90 mm/50 guns
1 × quad 13.2 mm/76 AA gun, 2 × twin 13.2 mm/76 AA guns, 2 depth charge throwers, 1 depth charge rack.


She was seized by the British on 3 July 1940, and transferred to the FNFL. The ship remained in service with the French Navy until decommissioned on 18 August 1960. Served at South Atlantic Station at Freetown.


 

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