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Ch2 1939

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ch1			A C de Bretagne, Nantes	1932	1933	1934	scuttled 27.11.1942
Ch2			A C de Bretagne, Nantes	1932	1933	1934	BU 8.1945
Ch3			A C de Bretagne, Nantes	1932	1933	1934	BU 11.1948
Ch4			A C de Bretagne, Nantes	1933	1934	1934	scuttled 27.11.1942 (later German UJ6077)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	148
Displacement full, t	180
Length, m	48.1
Breadth, m	5.50
Draught, m	1.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Ch1, 3: 2 MAN diesels Ch2, 4: 2 Sulzer diesels
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 8.80, DCR, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	41

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Project history

First French inter-war submarine chasers.

Modernizations

to 1940, all: ASW armament consisted of 4 DCT, 1 DCR (10)

Naval service

Ch1 and Ch4 were scuttled at Toulon 27.11.1942, both were salvaged by Germans. Ch1 was sunk by Allied aircraft 6.8.1944, Ch4 served under German flag as UJ6077 and was sunk by Allied aircraft 5.7.1944.