Diélette 1943
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ch5, 1943- Carentan | Q005 | A C de France, Dunkerque | 1938 | 3/4/1939 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1943, foundered 21/12/1943 |
| Ch6 | A C de France, Dunkerque | 1938 | 18/7/1939 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940 | |
| Ch7 | A C de France, Dunkerque | 1938 | 10/11/1939 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940 | |
| Ch8, 1942- Rennes | A C de France, Dunkerque | 1938 | 27/1/1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1942, sunk 13/7/1942 | |
| Ch9 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1938 | 12/1/1940 | 1940 | sunk 21/5/1940 | |
| Ch10, 1942- Bayonne | Q010 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1942, to Syria 1949 (Akaba ben Naseh) |
| Ch11, 1941- Boulogne | Q011 | 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 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1941, BU 1954 |
| Ch13, 1942- Calais | Q013 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1942, to Syria 1949 (Tarek ben Said) |
| Ch14, 1942- Diélette | Q014 | 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 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 1938 | 1940 | 1940 | captured by UK 3/7/1940, FNFL 1941, BU 1949 |
| Ch16 | A C de la Seine-Maritime, Le Trait | 1938 | 9/6/1940 | --- | scuttled incomplete 18/6/1940 | |
| Ch17 | F C de la Méditerranée, Le Havre | 1939 | 1941 | --- // 4/1943 | completed as German RA3 | |
| Ch18 | 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 (Al Harissi) | |
| 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 |
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Displacement standard, t |
107 |
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Displacement full, t |
137 |
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Length, m |
35.5 pp 37.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
5.66 |
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Draught, m |
1.95 |
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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 5.5 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1200(8) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/35 M1897, 2 x 1 - 8/80, 4 DCT, 1 DCR (10), sweeps |
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Complement |
23 |
Ship 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 pompom, 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.
Ch12 1942
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