Profile of SG16
890 t (max)Displacement
78,30 mLength
20 knSpeed
May 1944 in German servicesService status

Wartime history

Capture and service

This class of French Avisos were captured by German troops in November 1942. La Curieuuse was scuttled in Toulon on 27.11.1942. First planned to be used by Italy as F.R.55, the ship was taken over by Germany after the Italian surrender in September 1943. Commissioned as SG16 in May 1944. During the Invasion of France the ship was docked in Marseilles and scuttled on 22.08.1944. It was 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
Chant. Nav. Lorient, 1938
Launched
11.11.1939
Commissioned
May 1944 in German services
Fate
sunk 22.08.1944