A-644 Berry

Country:  France

Class, [Type]: [AGI].

Builder: Roland Werft, Bremen, Germany.

Launch date: 10 May 1958.

Commission date: 26 November 1964.

Decommission date: 1999.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.148 standard, 2.700 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 86,7 x 11,6 x 4,6

Main machinery: 2 x MWM diesels ( 2.400 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 13.

Range ( miles ): 7.000.

Guns: 2 x 12,7mm.

Radar: Navigation: Racal Decca 1226, I band.

Callsign: FBRY ()

Comment: Former M/S Médoc. Between 1976 and 1977 was converted from transport ship to electronic trials ship in the mediterranean. It was again comissioned in februrary 1977. His results as AGI ship were rather unadecuate during the Gulf War in 1991, and since then it was apparent that another ship was needed to fulfill these tasks. Disarmed in May 1999. The hull was towed out to open seas and used as target.

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