Élan-class sloop
La Capricieuse | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Élan class |
| Builders |
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| Operators | |
| Built | 1936–1940 |
| In commission | 1939–1965 |
| Completed | 13 |
| Lost | 4 |
| Scrapped | 7 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | 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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The Élan class consisted of thirteen minesweeping sloops (Avisos dragueur de mines) built for the French Navy during the 1930s. Completed in 1939–1940, the ships were originally intended as minesweepers; they were never used in that role, instead being used mostly as convoy escorts during World War II.