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A-650 Belle Poule

A-650 Belle Poule

Country: France France

Class, [Type]: [YTS].

Builder: Chantiers de Normandie, Fecamp, France.

Launch date: 08 February 1932.

Displacement ( tons ): 279.

Dimensions ( metres ): 37,5 x 7,4 x 3,7

Main machinery: 1 x Baudouin DNP 8 diesel ( 285 hp ), 1 x prop.

Speed ( knots ): 9.

Complement: 20 ( 3 officers ) + students.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Furuno ?.

Callsign: FBPU (FoxtrotBravoPapaUniform)

Comment: Sail area 450m2. As a former ship of the FNFL still flies the flag with the Cross of Loraine in honour of her role during WW2.

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