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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

CONVERTED MERCHANT SHIPS

auxiliary patrol vessels of WWII

Alidade 1955

more than 1000 BRT

Name

Launched // Comm.

Builder

Tonnage, BRT

Dimensions, m

(length pp)

Speed, kts

Engine, Power hp

Armament

Fate
P11 Cap Nord 1926 // 1939 CNF, Blainville 1033 64.3ppx10.4x6.0 10.5 1 VTE, 950 3 x 1 - 100/45 captured by Germany 1942 (UJ2207)
P17 Cap Fagnet 1926 // 1939 CNF, Blainville 1017 64.3ppx10.4x6.0 10.5 1 VTE, 950 3 x 1 - 100/45 paid off 12.1940
P28 Heureux 1930 // 1939 CNF, Blainville 1116 64.2ppx10.4x6.1 10 1 VTE, 800 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37 paid off 8.1940
P29 Groënland 1930 // 1939 Cox, Falmouth, UK 1178 65.7ppx10.6x5.5 10 1 VTE, 325 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37 captured by UK 3.7.1940
P37 Jutland 1934 // 1939 Frederikshavn Vaerft, Denmark 1160 66.3ppx10.9x6.0 11 1 diesel, 1000 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37, 40 DC paid off 10.1940
P38 Mercéditta 1934 // 1939 A C de St-Nazaire-Penhoët, Grand Quevilly 1160 66.6ppx10.5x5.9 12 1 diesel, 1000 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37 paid off 12.1940
P40 Président Houduce 1930 // 1939 Cox, Falmouth, UK 1178 65.7ppx10.6x5.5 10 1 diesel, 925 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37 FNFL 1940, paid off 5.1945
P41 Vikings 1935 // 1939 Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK 1150 63.7ppx10.5x5.5 11 1 VTE, 1250 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37 captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1941, sunk 17.4.1942
P42 Minerva 1937 // 1939 A C de St-Nazaire-Penhoët, Grand Quevilly 1148 66.6ppx10.5x5.9 12 1 diesel, 1000 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37 paid off 9.1940
P43 Sergent Gouarne 1928 // 1939 Stülcken, Steinwerder, Germany 1146 66.3ppx10.1x5.7 10.5 1 VTE, 850 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37, 1 DCT, 2 DCR sunk 26.3.1943
P45 Aspirant Brun 1928 // 1939 Stülcken, Steinwerder, Germany 1131 66.3ppx10.1x5.7 10.5 1 VTE, 850 3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37, 1 DCT, 2 DCR mercantile 1944
P82 Vivagel 1927 // 1940 CNF, Blainville 1096 63.4ppx10.3x5.2 10 1 VTE, 1000   conversion cancelled 1940

100 - 1000 BRT

P10 Casoar (1935, 580, 1939 - 1940), P12 Capricorne (1921, 741, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 8.1940), P13 Victoria (1928, 849, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 12.1940, 1941 - 8.11.1942), P14 Vaillant (1921, 916, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P15 Clairvoyant (1922, 943, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 10.1940), P16 Hardi II (1921, 916, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 10.1940), P18 Terre Neuve (1921, 780, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 6.7.1940), P30 Capitaine Armand (1920, 584, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - early 1941), P31 Alfred (1930s, , , 1939 - 9.1939), P32 Téméraire II (1926, 965, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 9.1940), P33 Atlantique (1920, 659, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P34 Asie (1914, 551, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P36 Patrie (1920, 753, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P39 Reine des Flots (1923, 849, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940, 1941 - 1946), P46 Aiglon (1907, 305, 2 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P47 Notre Dame d`Espérance (1919, 310, 2 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P48 Ambroise Paré (1906, 326, 2 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P49 Mouette (1906, 302, 2 - 100/45, 1939 - 18.6.1940), P54 L`Algéroise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 3.1945), P55 La Cherbougeoise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 23.6.1940), P56 L`Oranaise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 3.7.1940), La Quimpéroise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - ?/?/1940), P58 La Sablaise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 11.1946), P59 La Servannaise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 1944), P65 Jean Frédéric (1919, 325, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P67 Mont Cassel (1917, 335, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1940), P68 Pierre André (1921, 307, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P73 Nazareth (1918, 291, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P90 St.Pierre d`Alcantara (1918, 330, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1940), P95 Notre Dame de France (1931, 433, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P126 Air France I (1930, 480, 1 - 100/45, 1 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1946), P128 Air France II (1930, 480, 1 - 100/45, 1 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1946), P129 Air France III (1930, 480, 1 - 100/45, 1 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1946), P132 La Cancalaise (1933, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 1.5.1940), P133 La Havraise (1934, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 27.11.1942), P134 La Lorientaise (1933, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 21.5.1940), P135 La Nantaise (1933, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P136 L`Ajaccienne (1936, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 9.11.1942, 1944 - 1956), P137 La Bônoise (1934, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 9.11.1942, 1944 - 1948), P138 La Toulonnaise (1934, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 9.11.1942, 1944 - 1960), P139 La Sétoise (1934, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 9.11.1942, 1944 - 1960)

commissioned after war:

P661 Octant (1941, 133, 1946 - auxiliary 1963); P663 Estafette (, , 1946 - early 1950s); P660 Alidade (1936, 133, 1946 - auxiliary 1963); P664 Ingénieur Hydrographe Nicolas  (1936, 500, 1946 - early 1950s); P662 Sentinelle  (1936, 500, 1946 - early 1950s); P665 Ingénieur e. c. Girod  (1936, 500, 1946 - early 1950s) - all generally used as survey vessels

Project history: Merchant vessels (mostly trawlers) converted to patrols.

Modernizations: P136, 1950- P650; P137; P138, 1950-P652; P139, 1950-P651: were re-commissioned in 1944 with following data: 425/466t, 48.8x8.1x3.7m, 1 boiler, 1 VTE, 800hp, 10kts, 1 x 1 - 102/40 P.IX, 4 x 1 - 13/76, mechanical minesweeping gear, radar, sonar, complement 20

Naval service: Vikings was torpedoed by German submarine U562 17.4.1942 off Syrian coast, Sergeant Gouarne was also torpedoed by German submarine 26.3.1943.

Victoria 1942

Président Houduce 1941

Vikings 1941

Ambroise Paré 1940

Air France I 1945

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