Geschichte
This minesweeper, trawler (castle-class) was built in 1918 by Tidewater Shipbuilding Co. in Trois Rivieres, QC.
Eigentümer & Kapitäne
In 1918 she was commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy.
She was loaned to the USN from November 1918 to 1919. The Pilote Gironde I was captured in France by German forces in 1940.
She was commissioned in the Kreigsmarine as FB-07 in Jul 1942.
She was later renamed/re-designated V-1517 and M-3854. M-3854 surrendered in May 1945.
She was sold after the war.
Bewaffnung
1-12pdr
Referenzen
- Dittmar, .J. & J.J. Colledge (1972)
- Macpherson, Ken and John Burgess (1981)
- www.forposterityssake.ca ↗
- www.navsource.org ↗ (website viewed 24/01/2024)