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Victoria 1942

Ships

Name	Launched // Comm.	Builder	Tonnage, BRT	Dimensions, m (length pp)	Speed, kts	Engine, Power hp	Armament	Fate
P11 Cap Nord	1926 // 1939	CNF, Blainville	1033	64.3ppx10.4x6.0	10.5	1 VTE, 950	3 x 1 - 100/45	captured by Germany 1942 (UJ2207)
P17 Cap Fagnet	1926 // 1939	CNF, Blainville	1017	64.3ppx10.4x6.0	10.5	1 VTE, 950	3 x 1 - 100/45	paid off 12.1940
P28 Heureux	1930 // 1939	CNF, Blainville	1116	64.2ppx10.4x6.1	10	1 VTE, 800	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37	paid off 8.1940
P29 Groënland	1930 // 1939	Cox, Falmouth, UK	1178	65.7ppx10.6x5.5	10	1 VTE, 325	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37	captured by UK 3.7.1940
P37 Jutland	1934 // 1939	Frederikshavn Vaerft, Denmark	1160	66.3ppx10.9x6.0	11	1 diesel, 1000	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37, 40 DC	paid off 10.1940
P38 Mercéditta	1934 // 1939	A C de St-Nazaire-Penhoët, Grand Quevilly	1160	66.6ppx10.5x5.9	12	1 diesel, 1000	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37	paid off 12.1940
P40 Président Houduce	1930 // 1939	Cox, Falmouth, UK	1178	65.7ppx10.6x5.5	10	1 diesel, 925	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37	FNFL 1940, paid off 5.1945
P41 Vikings	1935 // 1939	Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK	1150	63.7ppx10.5x5.5	11	1 VTE, 1250	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1941, sunk 17.4.1942
P42 Minerva	1937 // 1939	A C de St-Nazaire-Penhoët, Grand Quevilly	1148	66.6ppx10.5x5.9	12	1 diesel, 1000	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37	paid off 9.1940
P43 Sergent Gouarne	1928 // 1939	Stülcken, Steinwerder, Germany	1146	66.3ppx10.1x5.7	10.5	1 VTE, 850	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37, 1 DCT, 2 DCR	sunk 26.3.1943
P45 Aspirant Brun	1928 // 1939	Stülcken, Steinwerder, Germany	1131	66.3ppx10.1x5.7	10.5	1 VTE, 850	3 x 1 - 100/45, 2 x 1 - 37, 1 DCT, 2 DCR	mercantile 1944
P82 Vivagel	1927 // 1940	CNF, Blainville	1096	63.4ppx10.3x5.2	10	1 VTE, 1000		conversion cancelled 1940

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

P10 Casoar (1935, 580, 1939 - 1940), P12 Capricorne (1921, 741, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 8.1940), P13 Victoria (1928, 849, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 12.1940, 1941 - 8.11.1942), P14 Vaillant (1921, 916, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P15 Clairvoyant (1922, 943, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 10.1940), P16 Hardi II (1921, 916, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 10.1940), P18 Terre Neuve (1921, 780, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 6.7.1940), P30 Capitaine Armand (1920, 584, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - early 1941), P31 Alfred (1930s, , , 1939 - 9.1939), P32 Téméraire II (1926, 965, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 9.1940), P33 Atlantique (1920, 659, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P34 Asie (1914, 551, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P36 Patrie (1920, 753, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P39 Reine des Flots (1923, 849, 3 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940, 1941 - 1946), P46 Aiglon (1907, 305, 2 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P47 Notre Dame d`Espérance (1919, 310, 2 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P48 Ambroise Paré (1906, 326, 2 - 100/45, 1939 - 3.7.1940), P49 Mouette (1906, 302, 2 - 100/45, 1939 - 18.6.1940), P54 L`Algéroise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 3.1945), P55 La Cherbougeoise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 23.6.1940), P56 L`Oranaise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 3.7.1940), La Quimpéroise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - ?/?/1940), P58 La Sablaise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 11.1946), P59 La Servannaise (1919, 409, 1 - 100/45, 1940 - 1944), P65 Jean Frédéric (1919, 325, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P67 Mont Cassel (1917, 335, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1940), P68 Pierre André (1921, 307, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P73 Nazareth (1918, 291, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P90 St.Pierre d`Alcantara (1918, 330, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1940), P95 Notre Dame de France (1931, 433, 4 - 75/35, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P126 Air France I (1930, 480, 1 - 100/45, 1 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1946), P128 Air France II (1930, 480, 1 - 100/45, 1 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1946), P129 Air France III (1930, 480, 1 - 100/45, 1 - 75/35, 1940 - 10.1946), P132 La Cancalaise (1933, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 1.5.1940), P133 La Havraise (1934, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 27.11.1942), P134 La Lorientaise (1933, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 21.5.1940), P135 La Nantaise (1933, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 3.7.1940), P136 L`Ajaccienne (1936, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 9.11.1942, 1944 - 1956), P137 La Bônoise (1934, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 9.11.1942, 1944 - 1948), P138 La Toulonnaise (1934, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 9.11.1942, 1944 - 1960), P139 La Sétoise (1934, 590 t, 1 - 102/40, 1940 - 9.11.1942, 1944 - 1960)

commissioned after war:

P661 Octant (1941, 133, 1946 - auxiliary 1963); P663 Estafette (, , 1946 - early 1950s); P660 Alidade (1936, 133, 1946 - auxiliary 1963); P664 Ingénieur Hydrographe Nicolas  (1936, 500, 1946 - early 1950s); P662 Sentinelle  (1936, 500, 1946 - early 1950s); P665 Ingénieur e. c. Girod  (1936, 500, 1946 - early 1950s) - all generally used as survey vessels

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Project history

Merchant vessels (mostly trawlers) converted to patrols.

Modernizations

P136, 1950- P650; P137; P138, 1950-P652; P139, 1950-P651: were re-commissioned in 1944 with following data: 425/466t, 48.8x8.1x3.7m, 1 boiler, 1 VTE, 800hp, 10kts, 1 x 1 - 102/40 P.IX, 4 x 1 - 13/76, mechanical minesweeping gear, radar, sonar, complement 20

Naval service

Vikings was torpedoed by German submarine U562 17.4.1942 off Syrian coast, Sergeant Gouarne was also torpedoed by German submarine 26.3.1943.