Profile of SG24
3920 t (max)Displacement
91,50 mLength
12,5 knSpeed
Not commissionedService status

Wartime history

Capture and service

The French cable layer Ampére was used as an auxiliary cruiser X81 by the French navy after the outbreak of World War II. Captured by Germany in November 1942. Planned to use it as an antiaircraft corvette, the now named SG24 was sunk in Marseilles in August 1944 while still being rebuilt.

Ship data

Technical profile

Dimensions, weapons and machinery.

Dimensions

Displacement
3920 t (max)
Length
91,50 m
Beam
12,53 m
Draft
5,50 m

Armament

Main battery
4 x 10,5 cm
Additional guns
4 x 3,7cm
Additional guns
14 x 2 cm

Performance

Machinery and speed
2400 shp, 12,5 kn

Service record

Construction record

Laid down
Soc. Provencales de Constr. Nav. La Ciotat, 1930
Launched
1930
Fate
destroyed 03.08.1944