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CH5 submarine chasers

Ch51 1943

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Ch5 (ex-SC1359) P704 Calderwood, Manchester, USA 11/1942 3/4/1943 6/1943 // 8/1944  
Ch6 (ex-SC1331)   Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA 12/1942 2/6/1943 7/1943 // 4/1944 stricken 1950/51
Ch51 (ex-SC1336) P716 Thomas Knutson, Halesite, USA 9/1942 22/5/1943 8/1943 // 11/1943  
Ch52 (ex-SC1335) P717 Thomas Knutson, Halesite, USA 9/1942 5/6/1943 8/1943 // 11/1943  
Ch61 (ex-SC1345) P698 Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 1/1943 10/4/1943 9/1943 // 12/1943 discarded 1952
Ch62 (ex-SC1344) P699 Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 11/1942 27/3/1943 8/1943 // 11/1943 to Senegal 1961 (Sénégal)
Ch71 (ex-SC1337) P700 Thomas Knutson, Halesite, USA 9/1942 19/7/1943 9/1943 // 12/1943 to Ivory Coast 1961 (Patience)
Ch72 (ex-SC1346) P730 Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 1/1943 29/4/1943 10/1943 // 1/1944 discarded 1952
Ch81 (ex-SC516, ex-PC516) P718 Elizabeth City, USA 5/1941 11/10/1941 5/1942 // 3/1944  
Ch82 (ex-SC517, ex-PC517) P719 Elizabeth City, USA 5/1941 11/10/1941 5/1942 // 3/1944 discarded 1953
Ch83 (ex-SC519, ex-PC519) P720 Vineyard, Milford, USA 6/1941 14/3/1942 4/1942 // 3/1944  
Ch84 (ex-SC529, ex-PC529) P721 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 11/1941 16/3/1942 6/1942 // 3/1944 discarded 1953
Ch85 (ex-SC507, ex-PC507)   Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 2/1941 30/6/1941 1/1942 // 11/1944 stricken 1950/51
Ch91 (ex-SC649, ex-PC649) P722 Delaware Bay, Leesburg, USA 10/1941 18/4/1942 7/1942 // 6/1944  
Ch92 (ex-SC697) P701 Daytona Beach, USA 3/1942 15/8/1942 12/1942 // 5/1944  
Ch93 (ex-SC639, ex-PC639) P723 Elizabeth City, USA 8/1941 31/12/1941 6/1942 // 5/1944  
Ch94 (ex-SC977) P702 Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA 4/1942 10/10/1942 11/1942 // 5/1944  
Ch95 (ex-SC508, ex-PC508) P703 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 2/1941 25/7/1941 3/1942 // 3/1944  
Ch96 (ex-SC497, ex-PC497) P724 Westergard, Rockport, USA 3/1941 4/7/1941 4/1942 // 3/1944  
Ch101 (ex-SC524, ex-PC524) P690 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 5/1941 19/9/1941 4/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch102 (ex-SC525, ex-PC525) P691 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 7/1941 21/11/1941 5/1942 // 10/1944  
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) P693 Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 5/1941 13/4/1942 6/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch105 (ex-SC676, ex-PC676)   W. A. Robinson, Ipswich, USA 1/1942 23/6/1942 7/1942 // 10/1944 stricken 1950
Ch106 (ex-SC690) P707 Annapolis Yacht, USA 5/1942 7/9/1942 12/1942 // 10/1944 discarded 1953
Ch107 (ex-SC693) 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) P725 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 1950/51
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) P694 Elizabeth City, USA 4/1941 20/9/1941 4/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch122 (ex-SC534, ex-PC534) P709 Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 5/1941 27/4/1942 7/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch123 (ex-SC1029) 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) P711 Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 8/1942 15/10/1942 12/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch126 (ex-SC1044)   Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA 8/1942 17/10/1942 1/1943 // 11/1944 stricken 1950
Ch131 (ex-SC692) P713 Calderwood, Manchester, USA 3/1942 25/9/1942 11/1942 // 11/1944  
Ch132 (ex-SC691) P714 Annapolis Yacht, USA 5/1942 19/9/1942 12/1942 // 9/1944  
Ch133 (ex-SC695) P726 Daytona Beach, USA 3/1942 4/7/1942 10/1942 // 11/1944 discarded 1953
Ch134 (ex-SC666) P712 Weaver, Orange, USA 10/1941 17/3/1942 9/1942 // 9/1944 discarded 1953
Ch135 (ex-SC651, ex-PC651) P706 Westergard, Rockport, USA 11/1941 14/5/1942 8/1942 // 11/1944  
Ch136 (ex-SC1030) P692 Donovan, Burlington, USA 5/1942 31/8/1942 11/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch141 (ex-SC770) P695 Seabrook Yacht, USA 7/1942 18/10/1942 12/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch142 (ex-SC498, ex-PC498) P696 Westergard, Rockport, USA 3/1941 21/7/1941 4/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch143 (ex-SC535, ex-PC535) P727 Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 6/1941 9/7/1942 7/1942 // 11/1944 discarded 1953
Ch144 (ex-SC655, ex-PC655) P715 Westergard, Rockport, USA 10/1941 12/5/1942 8/1942 // 10/1944  
Ch145 (ex-SC978)   Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA 5/1942 10/10/1942 12/1942 // 10/1944 stricken 1950
Ch146 (ex-SC979) P697 Simms Bros, Dorchester, USA 5/1942 9/12/1942 1/1943 // 10/1944  
GC2 (ex-SC1008) P731 Fellows & Stewart, Wilmington, USA 5/1942 19/11/1942 6/1943 // 1951  
GC3 (ex-SC...) P732 USA     1942/43 // 1951  
GC4 (ex-SC1025) P733 Mathis Yacht, Camden, USA 8/1942 17/12/1942 1/1943 // 1951  
GC5 (ex-SC...) P734 USA     1942/43 // 1951 discarded 1953
GC6 (ex-SC1034) P735 Peterson Boat, Sturgeon, USA 8/1942 2/1/1943 4/1943 // 1951  
GC7 (ex-SC679) P736 Walter E. Abrams, Halesite, USA 3/1942 29/8/1942 12/1942 // 1951  
GC8 (ex-SC1020) P737 Luders Marine, Stamford, USA 8/1942 23/12/1942 5/1943 // 1951  

 

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 shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

204 boats: 2400

231 boats: 1000

Max speed, kts

204 boats: 21

231 boats: 16

Fuel, t

diesel oil 18
Endurance, nm (kts) 1500 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap DCT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (34)

Sensors

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

Complement 27

 

Ship 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.

 

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