Profile of SG17
890 t (max)Displacement
78,30 mLength
20 knSpeed
15.04.1940Service status

Wartime history

Capture and service

This class of French Avisos were captured by German troops in November 1942. L'Impétueuse was scuttled in Toulon and designated as Italian F.R.56 after that. Taken over by German troops in September 1943, the ship - now named SG17 - was badly damaged during an air attack on 24.11.1943. It was scuttled in Marseilles on 07.08.1944 and scrapped in 1945.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
890 t (max)
Length
78,30 m
Beam
8,50 m
Draft
3,20 m

Armament

Main battery
2 x 10 cm
Additional guns
6 x 3,7cm
Additional guns
14 x 2 cm
Additional guns
1 Föhn Launcher
Depth charges
2 DC

Performance

Machinery and speed
4600 shp, 20 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
At. et Chant. de France Dünkirchen, 1938
Launched
17.08.1939
Commissioned
15.04.1940
Fate
destroyed 07.08.1944