German RA3 1943
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ch41, 1940- Audierne | Q041 | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1938 | 1/5/1939 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1940, BU 6/1952 |
| Ch42, 1940- Larmor | Q042 | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1938 | 18/9/1939 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1940, BU 1949 |
| Ch43, 1940- Lavandou | Q043 | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1938 | 23/3/1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1940, BU 1/1950 |
| Ch44 | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1938 | 10/6/1940 | --- // 1/1942 | completed as German RA1 | |
| Ch45 | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1938 | 1941 | --- // 3/1942 | completed as German RA2 | |
| Ch46 | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1938 | 24/10/1942 | --- // 8/1943 | completed as German RA6 | |
| Ch47 | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1938 | 1943 | --- // 9/1943 | completed as German RA7 | |
| Ch48 | Ch de Normandie, Fécamp | 1938 | 8/7/1943 | --- // 10/1943 | completed as German RA8 |
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Displacement standard, t |
126 |
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Displacement full, t |
160 |
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Length, m |
37.4 |
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Breadth, m |
5.53 |
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Draught, m |
2.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
MAN diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
1130 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 6.5 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1100(13) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 8/80, 4 DCT, 1 DCR (10) |
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Complement |
23 |
Ship project history: Wooden hull. Ch44, 45 and 46 were completed by Germans as RA4, 3 and 5 respectively. Their fate is unknown. Ch47 and 48 were broken up by Germans on slipways.
Modernizations: 1942, FNFL ships: + 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom.
Naval service: Ch41, 42 and 43 were captured by British 3/7/1940 and later transferred to FNFL.
Ch42 1942
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