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CH1 submarine chasers (1934)

Ch4 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ch1     A C de Bretagne, Nantes 1932 1933 1934 scuttled 27.11.1942
Ch2     A C de Bretagne, Nantes 1932 1933 1934 BU 8.1945
Ch3     A C de Bretagne, Nantes 1932 1933 1934 BU 11.1948
Ch4     A C de Bretagne, Nantes 1933 1934 1934 scuttled 27.11.1942 (later German UJ6077)
  

Displacement standard, t

148

Displacement full, t

180

Length, m

48.1

Breadth, m

5.50

Draught, m

1.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Ch1, 3: 2 MAN diesels

Ch2, 4: 2 Sulzer diesels

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 8.80, DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

41

Project history: First French inter-war submarine chasers.

Modernizations: to 1940, all: ASW armament consisted of 4 DCT, 1 DCR (10)

Naval service: Ch1 and Ch4 were scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942, both were salvaged by Germans. Ch1 was sunk by Allied aircraft 6.8.1944, Ch4 served under German flag as UJ6077 and was sunk by Allied aircraft 5.7.1944.

Ch2 1939

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