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Ch12 1942 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ch5, 1943- Carentan	Q005	272	A C de France, Dunkerque	1938	3.4.1939	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1943, foundered 21.12.1943
Ch6		273	A C de France, Dunkerque	1938	18.7.1939	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940
Ch7		281	A C de France, Dunkerque	1938	10.11.1939	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940
Ch8, 1942- Rennes		282	A C de France, Dunkerque	1938	27.1.1940	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1942, sunk 13.7.1942
Ch9		164	F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1938	12.1.1940	1940	sunk 21.5.1940
Ch10, 1942- Bayonne	Q010	165	F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1938	1940	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1942, to Syria 1949 (أكبا بن نسه  [Akba Ben Naseh])
Ch11, 1941- Boulogne	Q011	166	F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1938	1940	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1941, BU 11.1948
Ch12, 1941- Bénodet	Q012, 1950- P728	167	F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1938	1940	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1941, BU 1954
Ch13, 1942- Calais	Q013	90	A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait	1938	1940	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1942, to Syria 1949 (ترك بن سيد [Tarek Ben Said])
Ch14, 1942- Diélette	Q014	91	A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait	1938	1940	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1942, BU 5.1952
Ch15, 1941- Paimpol	Q015	92	A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait	1938	1940	1940	captured by UK 3.7.1940, FNFL 1941, BU 1949
Ch16		93	A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait	1938	9.6.1940	---	scuttled incomplete 18.6.1940
Ch17		284	F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1939	1941	4.1943 // ---	completed as German RA3
Ch18		293	F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1939	1941	10.1942 // ---	completed as German RA4
Ch19			F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1939	1941	1946	to Syria 1949 (أبدوله إبن أرسي [Abdullah Ibn Arissi])
Ch20			F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1939	1941	---	scuttled incomplete 1944
Ch21	P705		F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre	1939	1941	1946	BU 1954

Technical data

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

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Project history

Close to the previous class. Incomplete Ch16 was scuttled at Lorient 18.6.1940. Incomplete Ch17-21 received German names RA6, 7, 1, 2 and 8 respectively.

Modernizations

1942, FNFL ships: - 2 x 1 - 8.80; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/87 (20 DC at all).

Naval service

Ch9 21.5.1940 off Dunkirk was damaged by German aircraft and ran aground. Ch5, 8, 10-13 and 15 were captured by British 3.7.1940. All were subsequently transferred to FNFL. Ch5 was lost 21.12.1943 in La Manche during a storm. Ch6 and Ch7 were sunk 11.11.1940 in La Manche by German torpedo boats. According to some information, they were crewed by Polish seamen. Ch8 was sunk 13.7.1942 by German aircraft in La Manche. Ch11 and Ch15 served since 19.7.1940 till 6.2.1941 under Polish flag.

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