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CROIX DE LORRAINE frigates (1943 / 1944, 1944)


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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



Standard scale images


<i>La Surprise</i> 1944
La Surprise 1944
<i>La Surprise </i>1960
La Surprise 1960


Graphics


<i>La Surprise</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
La Surprise Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


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.