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| Laid down as French fruit transport Felix-Henri |
Contruction Data
| Laid down: |
A/S Fredrikstad Mek. V. Fredrikst., 1933 |
| Launched: |
1933 |
| Commissioned: |
November 1933 (01.05.1943 in German services) |
| Fate: |
sunk 28.08.1943 |
| Costs: |
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Technical Data
| Size: |
3750 t (max) |
| Length: |
96,0 m |
| Beam: |
14,17 m |
| Draft: |
5,5 m |
| Armament: |
2 x 10,5 cm; 4 x 3,7 cm; 18x 2 cm AA; 6 DC launcher |
| Performance: |
1900 shp, 12 kn |
History
The former fruit transport ship Felix-Henri
was modified into an auxiliary cruiser by the French in 1940. Captured by German troops on 14.12.1942 in Marseilles, it was modified into the fast escort vessel SG10
and commissioned on 01.05.1943 and attached to the 3rd escort flotilla. After three months of service, it was sunk after two torpedo hits by the British submarine Sikle
on 28.08.1943 near Corsica.
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