PA2 1943
PA1 1944
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| PA1 (ex-Arquebuse) | A C de la Loire, St. Nazaire-Penhoët | 1939 | 16/10/1940 | 4/1944 | damaged 14/6/1944, never repaired | |
| PA2 (ex-Hallebarde) | A C de la Loire, St. Nazaire-Penhoët | 1939 | 27/11/1940 | 11/1943 | sunk 15/6/1944 | |
| PA3 (ex-Sabre) | A C de la Loire, St. Nazaire-Penhoët | 1939 | 29/11/1940 | 11/1943 | damaged 19/6/1944, never repaired | |
| PA4 (ex-Poignard) | A C de la Loire, St. Nazaire-Penhoët | 1939 | 1941 | --- | scuttled incomplete 8/1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
930 |
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Displacement full, t |
1170 |
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Length, m |
57.9 wl 62.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
3.50 normal 4.30 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 water-tube boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2700 |
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Max speed, kts |
16 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 480 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7000(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 105/45 SK C/32, 2 x 2 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCT |
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Complement |
80 |
Ship project history: In 1939 French Navy ordered 18 corvettes of British "Flower" class, 6 of them were built on French shipyard in St. Nazaire were captured by German troops in June, 1940. Completion of 4 ships was continued for Kriegsmarine as patrol ships with strengthened AA armament.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: ĐÀ1 was damaged by Allied aircraft during completion. ĐÀ2 and ĐÀ1 were sunk by British aircraft at Le Havre 15/6/1944 and 24/8/1944 respectively. ĐÀ3 was damaged by British aircraft at Le Havre and stricken 17/8/1944. Incomplete ĐÀ4 was scuttled at Nantes in August, 1944.
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