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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