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  Ch71 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Ch5 (ex-SC1359), 1950- Ch704 1950- P704   Calderwood, Manchester, USA 11.1942 3.4.1943 6.1943 // 8.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch6 (ex-SC1331)     Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA 12.1942 2.6.1943 7.1943 // 4.1944 stricken 1950
Ch51 (ex-SC1336), 1950- Ch716 1950- P716   Thomas Knutson, Halesite, USA 9.1942 22.5.1943 8.1943 // 11.1943 stricken 1950/54
Ch52 (ex-SC1335), 1950- Ch717 1950- P717   Thomas Knutson, Halesite, USA 9.1942 5.6.1943 8.1943 // 11.1943 stricken 1950/54
Ch61 (ex-SC1345), 1950- Ch698 1950- P698   Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 1.1943 10.4.1943 9.1943 // 12.1943 discarded 1952
Ch62 (ex-SC1344), 1950- Ch699 1950- P699   Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 11.1942 27.3.1943 8.1943 // 11.1943 to Senegal 1961 (Sénégal)
Ch71 (ex-SC1337), 1950- Ch700 1950- P700   Thomas Knutson, Halesite, USA 9.1942 19.7.1943 9.1943 // 12.1943 to Ivory Coast 1961 (Patience)
Ch72 (ex-SC1346), 1950- Ch730 1950- P730   Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 1.1943 29.4.1943 10.1943 // 1.1944 discarded 1952
Ch81 (ex-SC516, ex-PC516), 1950- Ch718 1950- P718   Elizabeth City, USA 5.1941 11.10.1941 5.1942 // 3.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch82 (ex-SC517, ex-PC517), 1950- Ch719 1950- P719   Elizabeth City, USA 5.1941 11.10.1941 5.1942 // 3.1944 discarded 1953
Ch83 (ex-SC519, ex-PC519), 1950- Ch720 1950- P720   Vineyard, Milford, USA 6.1941 14.3.1942 4.1942 // 3.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch84 (ex-SC529, ex-PC529), 1950- Ch721 1950- P721 256 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 11.1941 16.3.1942 6.1942 // 3.1944 discarded 1953
Ch85 (ex-SC507, ex-PC507)   249 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 2.1941 30.6.1941 1.1942 // 11.1944 stricken 1950
Ch91 (ex-SC649, ex-PC649), 1950- Ch722 1950- P722   Delaware Bay, Leesburg, USA 10.1941 18.4.1942 7.1942 // 6.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch92 (ex-SC697), 1950- Ch701 1950- P701   Daytona Beach, USA 3.1942 15.8.1942 12.1942 // 5.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch93 (ex-SC639, ex-PC639), 1950- Ch723 1950- P723   Elizabeth City, USA 8.1941 31.12.1941 6.1942 // 5.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch94 (ex-SC977), 1950- Ch702 1950- P702   Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA 4.1942 10.10.1942 11.1942 // 5.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch95 (ex-SC508, ex-PC508), 1950- Ch703 1950- P703 250 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 2.1941 25.7.1941 3.1942 // 3.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch96 (ex-SC497, ex-PC497), 1950- Ch724 1950- P724   Westergard, Rockport, USA 3.1941 4.7.1941 4.1942 // 3.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch101 (ex-SC524, ex-PC524), 1950- Ch690 1950- P690 251 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 5.1941 19.9.1941 4.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch102 (ex-SC525, ex-PC525), 1950- Ch691 1950- P691 252 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 7.1941 21.11.1941 5.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch103 (ex-SC532, ex-PC532)     Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 4.1941 7.4.1942 5.1942 // 11.1944 stricken 1950
Ch104 (ex-SC533, ex-PC533), 1950- Ch693 1950- P693   Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 5.1941 13.4.1942 6.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch105 (ex-SC676, ex-PC676)     W. A. Robinson, Ipswich, USA 1.1942 23.6.1942 7.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950
Ch106 (ex-SC690), 1950- Ch707 1950- P707   Annapolis Yacht, USA 5.1942 7.9.1942 12.1942 // 10.1944 discarded 1953
Ch107 (ex-SC693), 1950- Ch708 1950- P708   Calderwood, Manchester, USA 5.1942 24.10.1942 1.1943 // 9.1944 discarded 1953
Ch111 (ex-SC522, ex-PC522)     Annapolis Yacht, USA 5.1941 18.2.1942 4.1942 // 9.1944 stricken 1950/51
Ch112 (ex-SC503, ex-PC503)     Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 1.1941 14.3.1942 4.1942 // 11.1944 stricken 1950/51
Ch113 (ex-SC506, ex-PC506)     Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 3.1941 30.1.1942 4.1942 // 9.1944 stricken 1950/51
Ch114 (ex-SC526, ex-PC526), 1950- Ch725 1950- P725 253 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 7.1941 30.12.1941 5.1942 // 9.1944 discarded 1953
Ch115 (ex-SC530, ex-PC530)     Westergard, Rockport, USA 3.1941 16.8.1941 5.1942 // 11.1944 stricken 1950
Ch116 (ex-SC638, ex-PC638)     Elizabeth City, USA 8.1941 20.12.1941 6.1942 // 9.1944 sunk 21.8.1945
Ch121 (ex-SC515, ex-PC515), 1950- Ch694 1950- P694   Elizabeth City, USA 4.1941 20.9.1941 4.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch122 (ex-SC534, ex-PC534), 1950- Ch709 1950- P709   Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 5.1941 27.4.1942 7.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch123 (ex-SC1029), 1950- Ch710 1950- P710   Donovan, Burlington, USA 4.1942 31.8.1942 11.1942 // 10.1944 discarded 1953
Ch124 (ex-SC771)     Seabrook Yacht, USA 8.1942 5.11.1942 1.1943 // 11.1944 stricken 1950
Ch125 (ex-SC1043), 1950- Ch711 1950- P711   Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 8.1942 15.10.1942 12.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch126 (ex-SC1044)     Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 8.1942 17.10.1942 1.1943 // 11.1944 stricken 1950
Ch131 (ex-SC692), 1950- Ch713 1950- P713   Calderwood, Manchester, USA 3.1942 25.9.1942 11.1942 // 11.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch132 (ex-SC691), 1950- Ch714 1950- P714   Annapolis Yacht, USA 5.1942 19.9.1942 12.1942 // 9.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch133 (ex-SC695), 1950- Ch726 1950- P726   Daytona Beach, USA 3.1942 4.7.1942 10.1942 // 11.1944 discarded 1953
Ch134 (ex-SC666), 1950- Ch712 1950- P712   Weaver, Orange, USA 10.1941 17.3.1942 9.1942 // 9.1944 discarded 1953
Ch135 (ex-SC651, ex-PC651), 1950- Ch706 1950- P706   Westergard, Rockport, USA 11.1941 14.5.1942 8.1942 // 11.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch136 (ex-SC1030), 1950- Ch692 1950- P692   Donovan, Burlington, USA 5.1942 31.8.1942 11.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1954/56
Ch141 (ex-SC770), 1950- Ch695 1950- P695   Seabrook Yacht, USA 7.1942 18.10.1942 12.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch142 (ex-SC498, ex-PC498), 1950- Ch696 1950- P696   Westergard, Rockport, USA 3.1941 21.7.1941 4.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch143 (ex-SC535, ex-PC535), 1950- Ch727 1950- P727   Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 6.1941 9.7.1942 7.1942 // 11.1944 discarded 1953
Ch144 (ex-SC655, ex-PC655), 1950- Ch715 1950- P715   Westergard, Rockport, USA 10.1941 12.5.1942 8.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950/54
Ch145 (ex-SC978)     Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA 5.1942 10.10.1942 12.1942 // 10.1944 stricken 1950
Ch146 (ex-SC979), 1950- Ch697 1950- P697   Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA 5.1942 9.12.1942 1.1943 // 10.1944 stricken 1950/54
GC2 (ex-SC1008), 1950- Ch731 1950- P731   Fellows & Stewart, Wilmington, USA 5.1942 19.11.1942 6.1943 // 1951 stricken 1954/56
GC3 (ex-SC...), 1950- Ch732 1950- P732   USA     1942/43 // 1951 stricken 1954/56
GC4 (ex-SC1025), 1950- Ch733 1950- P733   Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 8.1942 17.12.1942 1.1943 // 1951 stricken 1954/56
GC5 (ex-SC...), 1950- Ch734 1950- P734   USA     1942/43 // 1951 discarded 1953
GC6 (ex-SC1034), 1950- Ch735 1950- P735   Peterson Boat, Sturgeon, USA 8.1942 2.1.1943 4.1943 // 1951 stricken 1954/56
GC7 (ex-SC679), 1950- Ch736 1950- P736   Walter E. Abrams, Halesite, USA 3.1942 29.8.1942 12.1942 // 1951 stricken 1954/56
GC8 (ex-SC1020), 1950- Ch737 1950- P737   Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 8.1942 23.12.1942 5.1943 // 1951 stricken 1950/54


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

110

Displacement full, t

138

Length, m

32.8 wl 33.8 oa

Breadth, m

5.18

Draught, m

1.88 full load

No of shafts2
Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

1000 or 2400

Max speed, kts

16 or 21

Fuel, tdiesel oil 18
Endurance, nm(kts)1500 (12)
Armament

war-time transfer: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (34)

postwar transfer: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap MK 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (34)

Electronic equipment

SF or SO or SU or SCR-517A or SW-1C radar, QC sonar

Complement27


Graphics


  <i>Ch71</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>  
  Ch71 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  


Project history

US-built 110ft submarine chasers patrols, transferred to France by lend-lease in 1943-1944.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Ch116 was lost on a mine 21.8.1945. 11 boats were sold for scrap in 1945 - 1951. 38 remained received numbers between P690 - 730. Only 7 craft were in commission in 1966 - one as dan-layer and others as TS.



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