Cruiser
MS Aramis
"nautonaphte" ocean liner
"nautonaphte" ocean liner
Particulars
- Name
- MS Aramis
- Namesake
- 1932: Aramis
- Builder
- Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne
- Launched
- 30 June 1931
- Commissioned
- 1 March 1940
- Decommissioned
- 1 August 1940
- Recommissioned
- 20 November 1942
- Fate
- Sunk by torpedo, 1944
By torpedo (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Length
- 165.66 m (543.5 ft)
- Beam
- 21.21 m (69.6 ft)
- Speed
- 19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
- Main gun
- 138 mm (5.4 in)
MS Aramis was a cruiser of the "nautonaphte" ocean liner. She was named for 1932: Aramis. She was built by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne. She entered service on 1 March 1940, having been launched on 30 June 1931.
She measured 165.7 m (544 ft) long with a beam of 21.2 m (70 ft). Her designed speed was 19 knots.
Her main battery was eight 138 mm (5.4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 11,000 shp.
She was decommissioned on 1 August 1940. She recommissioned on 20 November 1942.
She was sunk in 1944 by torpedo, at 18°16′N 120°21′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 × screws
- 2 × two-stroke diesel engines
- Power
- 1932: 2,490 NHP, 11000 shp
- 1935: 15600 shp
- Armament
- as X-1:
- 8 × 138 mm guns
- 2 × 75 mm guns
- 2 × 37 mm guns
- 8 × machine guns
Sources
- Facts harvested from MS Aramis on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — 帝亜丸 - 全日本海員組合 All Japan Seamen's Union — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons