Commandant Delage was an Élan-class minesweeping sloop (Avisos dragueur de mines) built for the French Navy during the late 1930s that served in World War II and the Cold War.
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History |
France |
Name | Commandant Delage |
Builder | Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk |
Laid down | 12 November 1936 |
Launched | 25 February 1939 |
In service | 10 November 1939 |
Stricken | 18 October 1960 |
Fate | Scrapped, |
General characteristics (as built) |
Class & type | Élan-class minesweeping sloop |
Displacement | 895 t (881 long tons) (deep load) |
Length | 77.5 m (254 ft 3 in) (o/a) |
Beam | 8.92 m (29 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 3.13 m (10 ft 3 in) (deep load) |
Installed power | 3,430 kW (4,600 bhp) |
Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 diesel engines |
Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Complement | 106 (wartime) |
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