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POLISH NAVY (POLAND)

COASTAL FORCES

CH11 submarine chasers (1940/1940)

Ch11 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ch11 (ex-Ch11)   166 A C de France, Dunkerque 1938 1940 1940 // 7.1940 to France (FNFL) 2.1941 (Boulogne)
Ch15 (ex-Ch15)   92 A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait, France 1938 1940 1940 // 7.1940 to France (FNFL) 2.1941 (Paimpol)
  

Displacement standard, t

107

Displacement full, t

137

Length, m

35.5 pp 37.1 oa

Breadth, m

5.66

Draught, m

1.95

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN diesels

Power, h. p.

1130

Max speed, kts

15.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 5.5

Endurance, nm(kts) 1200(8)

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 8.80, 4 DCT, 1 DCR (10), mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

23

Project history: Former French submarine chasers of Ch5 class, captured by British troops 3.7.1940. 19.7.1940 they were transferred to Polish Navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: 5.2.1941 both ships were transferred to FNFL.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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