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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

COASTAL FORCES

VED.101 ("Fairmile B") motor launches (1941-1942/1942-1943)

V111 Galantry 1943

Names

Ved.101 St. Ronan (ex-ML244), 1950- P775

Ved.102 St. Yves  (ex-ML271), 1950- P776

Ved.103 St. Guénolé (ex-ML266), 1950- P777

Ved.104 St. Alain (ex-ML302), 1950- P779

ML123

ML182

ML205

ML245 - 247

ML267 - 269

ML303

V111 Galantry (ex-ML052)

V112 Langdale (ex-ML062)

V113 Colombier (ex-ML063)

Builders

H. J. Percival, Horning, UK: Ved.101

Boat Construction Co., Falmouth, UK: Ved.102

King, Burnham, UK: Ved.103, 104

Curtis, Looe, UK: ML123

Leo Robertson, Tewkesbury: ML182

Jas Taylor, Chertsey, UK: ML205

Sheerness DYd, UK: ML245, 246

J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham, UK: ML247

Solent SYd, Sarisbury Green, UK: ML267

Dorset Yacht, Hamworthy, UK: ML268

William Weatherhead, Cockenzie, UK: ML269

Jas Miller, St. Monace, UK: ML303

Taylor, Toronto, Canada: V111

Mac Craft, Sarnia, Canada: V112, 113

Completed

1941 / 1942: ML123, 182, 205, 245 - 247, 267 - 269, 303

1941 / 1943: Ved.101 - 104, V111

1942 / 1943: V112, 113

Losses

ML267 (28.3.1942), ML268 (28.3.1942)

Transfers

United Kingdom, 7 - 8.1942: ML123, 182, 205, 245 - 247, 267 - 269, 303 (ML123, 182, 205, 245 - 247, 267 - 269, 303)

Canada, 1945: V112 Langdale (ML062)

Discarding

late 1940s: V111 Galantry, V113 Colombier

1951: P775 - 777

1955: P779

  

Displacement standard, t

75.5

Displacement full, t

85.6

Length, m

34.8

Breadth, m

5.59

Draught, m

1.45 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Hall-Scott petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1200

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

petrol 10500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/87, 1 DCR (12)

Electronic equipment

commissioned 1942: type 134 sonar

commissioned 1942-1943: type 286PU radar, type 134 sonar

Complement

16

Project history: Ex-British and Canadian MLs of Fairmile B type.

Modernizations: 1943-1944, most survived: - type 286PU radar; + type 291U or type 293 radar

Naval service: ML267 and ML268 were sunk in St-Nazaire raid 28.3.1942.

Ved.101

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