SG10
3750 t (max)Displacement
96,0 mLength
12 knSpeed
November 1933 (01.05.1943 in German services)Service status

Wartime history

Capture and service

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.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
3750 t (max)
Length
96,0 m
Beam
14,17 m
Draft
5,5 m

Armament

Main battery
2 x 10,5 cm
Additional guns
4 x 3,7 cm
Additional guns
18x 2 cm AA
Depth charges
6 DC launcher

Performance

Machinery and speed
1900 shp, 12 kn

Service record

Construction record

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