French sloop La Boudeuse

History
France
Name	La Boudeuse
Ordered	25 May 1937
Builder	Ateliers et Chantiers de France, Dunkirk
Laid down	28 March 1938
Launched	10 or 15 February 1939
In service	20 May 1940
Stricken	15 April 1958
Fate	Scrapped,
General characteristics (as built)
Class and 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)
Armament	1 × single 100 mm (3.9 in) gun 1 × quadruple, 2 × twin 13.2 mm (0.52 in) machineguns 1 × depth charge rail, 2 × throwers; 40 depth charges

La Boudeuse 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.

Bibliography

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• Garier, Gérard (2016). Les avisos-dragueurs de 630 tW du type "Élan" [The 630-tonne Minesweepers of the Elan Class] (in French). Vol. II: "La Batailleuse", "la Capricieuse", "la Gracieuse", "la Boudeuse", "l'Impétueuse", "la Curieuse", "la Moqueuse. Le Vigen, France: Lela presse. ISBN 978-2-914017-94-7.
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