RA3 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| RA3 (ex-Ch17) | Ch de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 4.1943 | surrendered 5.1945, to France 5.1945 | ||||
| RA4 (ex-Ch18) | Ch Nav. de Normandie, Fécamp | 10.1942 | scuttled 16.8.1944 | ||||
| RA5 (ex-Ch19) | Ch Nav. de Normandie, Fécamp | --- | 1946 // --- | completed for France (Ch705) |
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Displacement standard, t |
107 |
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Displacement full, t |
137 |
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Length, m |
37.1 |
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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. |
1836 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 5.5 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1200(9) |
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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: RA4 was scuttled 16.8.1944 at Paris.
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