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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
L'Aventure (ex-Braid)	K263, 1945- F07, 1950- F707	761	Simons, Renfrew, UK	12.1942	30.11.1943	1.1944	BU 1962
L'Escarmouche (ex-Frome), 1957- L'Ailette	K267, 1945- F09, 1950- F709		Blyth, UK	5.1942	1.6.1943	3.1944	BU 9.1961
Tonkinois (ex-Moyola), 1953- La Confiance	K260, 1945- F11, 1950- F711	1106	Smiths Dock, South Bank, UK	2.1942	27.8.1942	1.1943 // 10.1944	BU 9.1961
Croix de Lorraine (ex-Strule, ex-Glenarm)	K260, 1945- F10, 1950- F710	331	Robb, Leith, UK	7.1942	8.3.1943	7.1943 // 9.1944	BU 9.1961
La Surprise (ex-Torridge)	K292, 1945- F08, 1950- F708		Blyth, UK	10.1942	16.8.1943	4.1944	to Morocco 1964 (إل مونا [El Maouna])
La Découverte (ex-Windrush)	K370, 1945- F12, 1950- F712	340	Robb, Leith, UK	11.1942	18.6.1943	11.1943 // 2.1944	BU 5.1961

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1420
Displacement full, t	2130
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.8 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	3.61 - 3.89 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 646 Croix de Lorraine: oil 440
Endurance, nm(kts)	7700(12)
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk XIX, (2 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV) or 9 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150)
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 or type 277 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	140

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Project history

British River class frigates, transferred to France in 1944

Modernizations

late 1940s, all: - 2 x 1 - 102/40; + 2 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32

Naval service

La Surprise 20.6.1944 was damaged on a mine at coast of Normandy.



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