nearly sister-ship RA3 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| RA1 (ex-Ch44) | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 10.6.1940 | 1.1942 | surrendered 5.1945, to United Kingdom 1.1946 (RN602) | |||
| RA2 (ex-Ch45) | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1941 | 3.1942 | sunk 18.10.1944 | |||
| RA6 (ex-Ch46) | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 24.10.1942 | 8.1943 | scuttled 16.8.1944 | |||
| RA7 (ex-Ch47) | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1943 | 9.1943 | scuttled 16.8.1944 | |||
| RA8 (ex-Ch48) | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 8.7.1943 | 10.1943 | scuttled 16.8.1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
126 |
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Displacement full, t |
160 |
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Length, m |
37.4 |
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Breadth, m |
5.53 |
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Draught, m |
2.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MAN diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
1836 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 6.5 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1100(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
39 |
Project history: RA1 and RA3 classes represented former French submarine chasers of Ch41 (Ch44-48) and Ch5 (Ch17-19) classes, captured on slipways in 1940 and completed for Kriegsmarine. Differed with a hull structure: RA1 had wooden hulls, RA3 had steel ones.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: RA2 was sunk by Allied mine and RA6, RA7 and RA8 were scuttled by own crews.
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