La Surprise 1944
La Surprise 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| L'Aventure (ex-Braid) | K263, 1945- F07, 1950- F707 | 761 | Simons, Renfrew, UK | 12.1942 | 30.11.1943 | 1.1944 | BU 1962 |
| L'Escarmouche (ex-Frome), 1957- L'Ailette | K267, 1945- F09, 1950- F709 | Blyth, UK | 5.1942 | 1.6.1943 | 3.1944 | BU 9.1961 | |
| Tonkinois (ex-Moyola), 1953- La Confiance | K260, 1945- F11, 1950- F711 | 1106 | Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK | 2.1942 | 27.8.1942 | 1.1943 // 10.1944 | BU 9.1961 |
| Croix de Lorraine (ex-Strule, ex-Glenarm) | K260, 1945- F10, 1950- F710 | 331 | Robb, Leith, UK | 7.1942 | 8.3.1943 | 7.1943 // 9.1944 | BU 9.1961 |
| La Surprise (ex-Torridge) | K292, 1945- F08, 1950- F708 | Blyth, UK | 10.1942 | 16.8.1943 | 4.1944 | to Morocco 1964 (إل مونا [El Maouna]) | |
| La Découverte (ex-Windrush) | K370, 1945- F12, 1950- F712 | 340 | Robb, Leith, UK | 11.1942 | 18.6.1943 | 11.1943 // 2.1944 | BU 5.1961 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1420 |
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Displacement full, t |
2130 |
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Length, m |
86.3 pp 91.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.61 - 3.89 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
5500 |
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Max speed, kts |
20 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 646 Croix de Lorraine: oil 440 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7700(12) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, (2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV) or 9 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 271 or type 272, type 291 or type 277 radars, type 144 sonar |
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Complement |
140 |
Project history: British River class frigates, transferred to France in 1944
Modernizations: late 1940s, all: - 2 x 1 - 102/40; + 2 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32
Naval service: La Surprise 20.6.1944 was damaged on a mine at coast of Normandy.
La Surprise
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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