| French sloop Commandant Dominé | |
|---|---|
| Career (France) |   |
| Name: | Commandant Dominé |
| Builder: | Ateliers et Chantiers Dubigeon, Nantes |
| Laid down: | February 1938 |
| Launched: | 2 May 1939 |
| Commissioned: | April 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 18 August 1960 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, October 1960 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | Élan-class minesweeping sloop |
| Displacement: |
630 t (620 long tons) or 647 t (637 long tons) standard[2] 890 t (876 long tons) to 900 t (886 long tons) full[2] |
| Length: |
78.30 m (256 ft 11 in) o/a[2] 73.81 m (242 ft 2 in) p/p[2] |
| Beam: | 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)[2] |
| Draught: | 3.28 m (10 ft 9 in)[2] |
| Propulsion: | 2 × Sulzer diesel engines, 4,600 hp (3,430 kW), 2 shafts[2] |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)[2] |
| Range: |
10,000 nmi (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) 5,200 nmi (9,600 km; 6,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) 3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[3] Fuel capacity: 95 or 105 tonnes[3] |
| Complement: |
88 in peacetime;[3] 104 or 106 during the war[3] |
| Armament: |
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Commandant Dominé (U70/A15/F742) was a French Élan-class minesweeping sloop (Avisos dragueur de mines) that served in World War II.
Ship history[]
Commandant Dominé was built by Ateliers et Chantiers Dubigeon in Nantes,[4] laid down in February 1938, launched on 2 May 1939[5] and commissioned in April 1940. She was seized by the British on 3 July 1940 and transferred to the Free French Naval Forces,[1][6] seeing service in the Battle of Dakar ("Operation Menace") in September 1940.
The ship was rearmed by the British in 1941. Her main armament was replaced by twin QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval guns, and she also received a single QF 2 pounder pom-pom[2] AA gun to replace the quadruple 13.2 mm/76 AA guns.[1] She retained her original twin 13.2 mm/76 AA guns, but had an additional four twin and two single 12.7 mm/62 machine guns installed.[2][1]
Post-war she remained in service with the French Navy.[1][6] In 1947 she was rearmed again, with a single German 105 mm/45 calibre SK C/32 gun as main armament, a single Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk.3 and four single 20 mm/70 Mk.2 Oerlikons.[2][1]
Commandant Dominé was decommissioned on 18 August 1960,[1][6] and scrapped in October 1960.[5]
References[]
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Le Masson, Henri (1969). The French Navy. Navies of the Second World War. 2. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. pp. 16–22. ISBN 9780356023847.
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