NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Sabre (ex-PC1248)	W11, 1950- P607		Nashville Bridge, USA	6.1943	18.8.1943	1.1944	BU 11.1959
Cimeterre (ex-PC1250)	W12, 1950- P608		Nashville Bridge, USA	8.1943	18.12.1943	3.1944	BU 7.1963
Pique (ex-PC1249)	W13, 1950- P609		Nashville Bridge, USA	8.1943	6.11.1943	2.1944	BU 7.1959
Dague (ex-PC1561)	W21, 1950- P606		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	1943	1944	5.1944	BU 5.1964
Coutelas (ex-PC1560)	W22, 1950- P604		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	11.1943	3.2.1944	4.1944	BU 7.1963
Javelot (ex-PC1562)	W23		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	1.1944	4.3.1944	6.1944	BU 5.1951
L`Eveillé (ex-PC471)	W31, 1950- P610	175	Defoe, Bay City, USA	4.1941	15.9.1941	11.1941 // 6.1944	BU 12.1959
L`Indiscret (ex-PC474)	W32, 1950- P622	178	Defoe, Bay City, USA	8.1941	15.9.1941	2.1942 // 6.1944	BU 1.1960
Le Résolu (ex-PC475)	W33	179	Defoe, Bay City, USA	9.1941	16.12.1941	12.1941 // 6.1944	stricken 1.1951
L`Effronté (ex-PC481)	W34, 1945- W42	185	Defoe, Bay City, USA	2.1942	31.3.1942	4.1942 // 6.1944	BU 5.1953
Le Rusé (ex-PC472)	W41, 1950- P611	176	Defoe, Bay City, USA	7.1941	14.11.1941	12.1941 // 6.1944	BU 1959
L`Ardent (ex-PC473)	W42	177	Defoe, Bay City, USA	8.1941	19.11.1941	12.1941 // 7.1944	collision 31.1.1945
L`Emorté (ex-PC480)	W43, 1950- P613	184	Defoe, Bay City, USA	1941	25.10.1941	4.1942 // 7.1944	BU 7.1959
L`Ehjoué (ex-PC482)	W44	186	Defoe, Bay City, USA	2.1942	9.4.1942	4.1942 // 7.1944	sunk 9.1.1945
Le Volontaire (ex-PC543)	W61, 1950- P615	188	Defoe, Bay City, USA	3.1942	5.5.1942	5.1942 // 6.1944	BU 9.1964
Le Vigilant (ex-PC550)	W62, 1950- P621		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	6.1941	8.3.1942	4.1942 // 6.1944	BU 1.1959
L`Attentif (ex-PC562)	W63		Jeffersonville, USA	2.1942	4.6.1942	8.1942 // 6.1944	BU 2.1953
Hussard (ex-PC1235)	W81, 1950- P624		Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA	1942	1943	1943 // 10.1944	BU 10.1965
Légionnaire (ex-PC1226)	W82, 1950- P625		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	7.1942	7.9.1942	1.1943 // 11.1944	BU 7.1958
Dragon (ex-PC557)	W83, 1950- P620		Luders Marine, Stamford, USA	10.1941	2.8.1942	10.1942 // 10.1944	BU 1.1959
Goumier (ex-PC545)	W91, 1950- P603	190	Defoe, Bay City, USA	3.1942	8.5.1942	6.1942 // 10.1944	to Morocco 1965 (أقدر، أجدر [Agadir])
Carabinier (ex-PC556)	W92, 1950- P617		Luders Marine, Stamford, USA	10.1941	23.6.1942	9.1942 // 10.1944	BU 7.1958
Fantassin (ex-PC621)	W93, 1950- P618		Nashville Bridge, USA	3.1942	22.5.1942	12.1942 // 10.1944	BU 3.1961
Grenadier (ex-PC625)	W101, 1950- P602		Jeffersonville, USA	5.1942	22.7.1942	9.1942 // 10.1944	BU 1.1958
Le Tirailleur (ex-PC542)	W102, 1950- P619	187	Defoe, Bay City, USA	2.1942	20.4.1942	5.1942 // 9.1944	BU 1.1958
Voltigeur (ex-PC559)	W103, 1950- P612		Jeffersonville, USA	10.1941	2.1.1942	5.1942 // 10.1944	BU 3.1970
Lancier (ex-PC1227)	W111, 1950- P616		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	1942	17.10.1942	1943 // 11.1944	BU 8.1960
Franc-Tireur (ex-PC546)	W112	191	Defoe, Bay City, USA	4.1942	15.5.1942	7.1942 // 10.1944	BU 2.1953
Mameluck (ex-PC551)	W113, 1950- P614		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	7.1941	12.4.1942	5.1942 // 10.1944	BU 1.1958
Lansquenet (ex-PC626)	W121, 1950- P605		Jeffersonville, USA	6.1942	18.8.1942	10.1942 // 11.1944	BU 9.1958
Cavalier (ex-PC627)	W122		Jeffersonville, USA	6.1942	7.9.1942	11.1942 // 10.1944	BU 6.1951
Spahi (ex-PC591)	W123, 1950- P601		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	5.1942	2.8.1942	10.1942 // 10.1944	BU 12.1959
Hué (ex-PC797)	PT1, 1950- P627	70	Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA	7.1943	21.8.1943	7.1944 // 1950	stricken 1955
Pnom-Penh (ex-PC796)	PT2, 1950- P626	69	Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA	5.1943	3.7.1943	6.1944 // 1949	stricken 1955
Luang-Prabang (ex-PC798)	PT3, 1950- P628	71	Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA	7.1943	14.8.1943	7.1944 // 1949	stricken 1955
L'Impétueux (ex-PC799)	P629		Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA	7.1943	14.8.1943	8.1944 // 1949	to South Korea 6.1950 (금강산 [Geumgangsan])
Flamberge (ex-PC1086)	P631		Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA	2.1943	24.4.1943	1.1944 // 2.1951	to Cambodia 2.1956 (កម្ពុជា [Cambodia])
L`Intrépide (ex-PC1130)	P632	215	Defoe, Bay City, USA	10.1942	10.12.1942	6.1943 // 1951	to South Vietnam 1.1956 (Đống Đa)
Mousquet (ex-PC1144)	P633	229	Defoe, Bay City, USA	5.1943	4.10.1943	5.1944 // 1951	to South Vietnam 1.1955 (Chi Lăng)
Trident (ex-PC1143)	P634	231	Defoe, Bay City, USA	4.1943	22.9.1943	5.1944 // 5.1951	to South Vietnam 1.1956 (Tuy Dong)
Glaive (ex-PC1146)	P635	228	Defoe, Bay City, USA	9.1943	15.11.1943	7.1944 // 1951	to South Vietnam 1.1956 (Tay Cây)
L`Inconstant (ex-PC1171)	P636		Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA	3.1943	15.5.1943	9.1943 // 1951	to Cambodia 1956 (E312)
L`Ardent (ex-PC1167)	P637		Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA	4.1943	3.7.1943	12.1943 // 1951	to South Vietnam 1.1956 (Vạn Kiếp)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	325
Displacement full, t	430
Length, m	51.8 wl 52.9 oa
Breadth, m	7.06
Draught, m	2.36 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors (mostly) diesels
Power, h. p.	2880
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 49
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000 (12) - 4800 (12)
Armament	wartime commmission: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20/21, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (24) post-war commission: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap MK 20 ASWRL, 2 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar
Complement	59 - 65

Standard scale images

Project history

US-built 173ft PC-type patrols, transferred to France by lend-lease in 1944.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

L`Ardent was lost at Casablanca at collision 31.1.1945. L`Enjoué was sunk by German submarine U870 9.1.1945.

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