French sloop La Curieuse
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | La Curieuse |
| Ordered | 26 January 1937 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Laid down | 1 August 1938 |
| Launched | 11 November 1939 |
| In service | 12 May 1940 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1945 |
| 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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La Curieuse 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.
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