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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

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C1 submarine chasers (1917-1918)

C1 1917

Ch25 1940

Names

C1 (ex-SC8)

C2 (ex-SC7)

C3 (ex-SC9)

C4 (ex-SC10)

C5 (ex-SC5)

C6, 7 (ex-SC11, 12)

C8 (ex-SC16)

C9 - 11 (ex-SC13 - 15)

C12 (ex-SC67)

C13, 14 (ex-SC65, 66)

C15 (ex-SC76)

C16 (ex-SC75)

C17 (ex-SC243)

C18 (ex-SC347)

C19 - 21 (ex-SC315 - 317)

C22 (ex-SC348)

C23 (ex-SC29)

C24 (ex-SC28)

C25 (ex-SC160)

C26 (ex-SC172), 9.1939- VP108, 1942- V88

C27 (ex-SC314)

C28 (ex-SC318)

C29 (ex-SC170)

C30 (ex-SC350)

C31 (ex-SC173), 1925- VP107 Colonel Casse

C32 (ex-SC175)

C33 (ex-SC30)

C34 (ex-SC142)

C35 (ex-SC146)

C36 (ex-SC161)

C37 (ex-SC169)

C38 (ex-SC176)

C39 (ex-SC171)

C40 (ex-SC174)

C41, 42 (ex-SC32, 33)

C43 (ex-SC140)

C44 (ex-SC162)

C45 (ex-SC313)

C46 (ex-SC31)

C47 (ex-SC249)

C48 (ex-SC163)

C49 - 51 (ex-SC362 - 364)

C52 (ex-SC374)

C53 (ex-SC379)

C54 (ex-SC357)

C55 (ex-SC375)

C56 (ex-SC358)

C57 (ex-SC361)

C58 (ex-SC372)

C59 (ex-SC377)

C60 (ex-SC359)

C61 (ex-SC371)

C62 (ex-SC373)

C63 (ex-SC378)

C64 (ex-SC381)

C65 (ex-SC394)

C66 (ex-SC393)

C67, 68 (ex-SC395, 396)

C69 (ex-SC382)

C70 - 72 (ex-SC365 - 367)

C73 (ex-SC360)

C74 (ex-SC376)

C75 (ex-SC380)

C76, 77 (ex-SC383, 384)

C78, 79 (ex-SC397, 398)

C80 - 82 (ex-SC385 - 387)

C83 (ex-SC399)

C84 (ex-SC405)

C85 (ex-SC402)

C86 (ex-SC400)

C87, 88 (ex-SC403, 404)

C89 (ex-SC392)

C90 - 92 (ex-SC388 - 391)

C93 (ex-SC141)

C94 (ex-SC406)

C95 - 97 (ex-SC368 - 370)

C98 (ex-SC401)

C99 (ex-SC177)

Builders

New York N Yd, Brooklyn, USA: C1 - 11, 23, 24, 33, 41, 42, 46

Mathis YB, Camden, USA: C12 - 14, 64, 69, 76, 77, 80

Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA: C15, 16, 52, 55, 58, 61, 62

Eastern SY, Greenport, USA: C17

College Point Boat, USA: C18, 22, 30, 49, 54, 56, 57, 60, 73

Jacob, City Is, USA: C19 - 21, 27, 45

Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA: C25, 36, 44, 48

Matthews Boat, Port Clinton, USA: C26, 29, 31, 32, 37 - 40, 81, 82, 89 - 92, 99

Luders, Stamford, USA: C28

Rocky River, USA: C34, 84, 87, 88, 94

Vinyard BB, Milford, USA: C35

Hartman-Greiling, Green Bay, USA: C43, 93

Chance, Annapolis, USA: C47

ELCO, Bayonne, USA: C50, 51

Kyle & Purdy, City Is, USA: C53, 59, 63, 74, 75

New York Yacht, Morris Heights, USA: C65 - 68, 78, 79, 83, 85, 86, 98

Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA: C70 - 72, 95 - 97

Commissioned

1917: C1 - 29, 39, 40, 93, 99

1918: C30 - 38, 41 - 92, 94 - 98

Losses

C25 (27.11.1942), V88 (ex-C26) (9.11.1942), C43 (2.7.1918), C81 (captured by Germans 8.12.1942), C91 (10/1937), C93 (15.12.1917), C96 (12/1931), C98 (captured by British 6.1940)

Transfers

Bulgaria, 10.1921: C27 (Беломорец [Belomorets]), C80 (Черноморец [Chernomorets])

Discarding

early 1920s: C1-10, 12-24, 28-30, 32-42, 44-50, 52-55, 57, 59-66, 68-71, 73, 75-79, 82-90, 94, 97, 99

1921: C11

1931: C72

1932: C67

1936: C92

10-12/1939: C51, 56, 58, 74, 95

1947: Colonel Casse (ex-C31)

 

Displacement normal, t

75

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

32.0 pp 33.5 oa

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Standard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

660

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

petrol 9080 l
Endurance, nm(kts) 1000 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 1 DCT ("Y"-gun)

Complement 27

 

Project history: Sister-boats of USN 110ft SCs built in 1917-1919. SC141 sank as result of collision en route to Europe 15.12.1917 and never received French number.

Modernizations: 1930s, all survived: + 2 x 1 - 8.80

Naval service: C25 was scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942. Fate of C74 is unknown. C81 was 8.121942 captured by Germans at Bizerte and scuttled 6.5.1943. C98 was captured by British 3.7.1940.

  

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