Diélette 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ch5, 1943- Carentan | Q005 | 272 | A C de France, Dunkerque | 1938 | 3.4.1939 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1943, foundered 21.12.1943 |
| Ch6 | 273 | A C de France, Dunkerque | 1938 | 18.7.1939 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940 | |
| Ch7 | 281 | A C de France, Dunkerque | 1938 | 10.11.1939 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940 | |
| Ch8, 1942- Rennes | 282 | A C de France, Dunkerque | 1938 | 27.1.1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1942, sunk 13.7.1942 | |
| Ch9 | 164 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1938 | 12.1.1940 | 1940 | sunk 21.5.1940 | |
| Ch10, 1942- Bayonne | Q010 | 165 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1942, to Syria 1949 (أكبا بن نسه [Akba Ben Naseh]) |
| Ch11, 1941- Boulogne | Q011 | 166 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1941, BU 11.1948 |
| Ch12, 1941- Bénodet | Q012, 1950- P728 | 167 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1941, BU 1954 |
| Ch13, 1942- Calais | Q013 | 90 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1942, to Syria 1949 (ترك بن سيد [Tarek Ben Said]) |
| Ch14, 1942- Diélette | Q014 | 91 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1942, BU 5.1952 |
| Ch15, 1941- Paimpol | Q015 | 92 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1941, BU 1949 |
| Ch16 | 93 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 1938 | 9.6.1940 | --- | scuttled incomplete 18.6.1940 | |
| Ch17 | 284 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1939 | 1941 | 4.1943 // --- | completed as German RA3 | |
| Ch18 | 293 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1939 | 1941 | 10.1942 // --- | completed as German RA4 | |
| Ch19 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1939 | 1941 | 1946 | to Syria 1949 (أبدوله إبن أرسي [Abdullah Ibn Arissi]) | ||
| Ch20 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1939 | 1941 | --- | scuttled incomplete 1944 | ||
| Ch21 | P705 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1939 | 1941 | 1946 | BU 1954 |
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Displacement standard, t |
107 |
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Displacement full, t |
137 |
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Length, m |
35.5 pp 37.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.66 |
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Draught, m |
1.95 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MAN diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
1130 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 5.5 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1200(8) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 4 DCT, 1 DCR (10), mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
23 |
Project history: Close to the previous class. Incomplete Ch16 was scuttled at Lorient 18.6.1940. Incomplete Ch17-21 received German names RA6, 7, 1, 2 and 8 respectively.
Modernizations: 1942, FNFL ships: - 2 x 1 - 8.80; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/87 (20 DC at all).
Naval service: Ch9 21.5.1940 off Dunkirk was damaged by German aircraft and ran aground. Ch5, 8, 10-13 and 15 were captured by British 3.7.1940. All were subsequently transferred to FNFL. Ch5 was lost 21.12.1943 in La Manche during a storm. Ch6 and Ch7 were sunk 11.11.1940 in La Manche by German torpedo boats. According to some information, they were crewed by Polish seamen. Ch8 was sunk 13.7.1942 by German aircraft in La Manche. Ch11 and Ch15 served since 19.7.1940 till 6.2.1941 under Polish flag.
Ch12 1942
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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