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French sloop Élan

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	France
flag
name	Élan
builder	Arsenal de Lorient
laid_down	17 August 1936
launched	27 July 1938
commissioned	25 May 1939
in_service	26 July 1939
struck	26 March 1958
fate	Scrapped,
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
header_caption	(as built)
class	minesweeping sloop
displacement	895 t (deep load)
length	77.5 m (o/a)
beam	8.92 m
draught	3.13 m (deep load)
power	4600 bhp
propulsion	2 shafts; 2 diesel engines
speed	20 kn
range	* 10,000 nmi at 9 kn
complement	106 (wartime)
* 1 × single {{convert	100	mm	abbr	on}} gun
* 1 × quadruple, 2 × twin [[Hotchkiss M1929 machine gun	{{convert	13.2	mm	abbr	on	2}} machinegun]]s

1 × single 100 mm gun
1 × quadruple, 2 × twin 13.2 mm machineguns
1 × depth charge rail, 2 × throwers; 40 depth charges

Élan was the lead ship of her class of 13 minesweeping sloops (Avisos dragueur de mines) built for the French Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1939, she was participated in the Second World War. The ship was interned in Turkey in June 1941 and released to the Free French Naval Forces in December 1944. She remained in service after the war and was decommissioned on 26 March 1958 and scrapped.

Description

The Élan class had a (standard displacement) of 630 t and displaced 895 t at deep load. The vessels were 77.5 m long overall and 73.81 m between perpendiculars with a beam of 8.92 m and a draught of 3.13 m at deep load. They were powered by two Sulzer diesel engines rated at a total of 4600 bhp, each driving one propeller shaft which gave them a speed of 20 kn. The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a maximum range of 10,000 nmi at 9 kn. They were fitted with an auxiliary rudder built into the bow. The ships had a complement of 88 in peacetime and 106 during wartime.

The main battery of the Élan class was intended to consist of two 100 mm guns in a single twin-gun mounting on the aft superstructure, but the mount was not yet available and a single Canon de 100 mm Modèle 1917 ST gun was installed aboard Élan. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by eight 13.2 mm Hotchkiss Mle 1929 machineguns. One quadruple mount was positioned forward of the bridge and two twin mounts were located on the forward superstructure between the bridge and the funnel, one on each broadside. The ships were intended to be fitted with a depth charge rack at the stern and four throwers amidships, but shortages of the latter meant that only two throwers were generally carried, one on each side. The Elans initially carried 40 depth charges weighing 100 kg apiece. The vessels were designed for minesweeping, though never saw service in that capacity.

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