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de Franck : Un petit topo sur les 8 dragueurs-canonnières de type Friponne :

Déplacement : 315 tonnes.
Dimensions : 66,4 (ht) x 7,01 x 2,80 m.
Propulsion : 2 moteurs Diesel Sulzer, 2 hélices ; 900 bhp, 14,5 nœuds.
Capacité combustible : 30 t.
Rayon d'action : 3 000 nautiques à 10 nœuds, 1 600 à 14 nœuds.
Armement : II pièces de 100 mm.
Équipage : 54 hommes au total.

NAME ~ BUILDER ~ LAID DOWN ~ LAUNCHED ~ COMPLETED

BOUFFONNE Lorient DY 1915 1916 1916
CHIFFONNE Lorient DY 1916 1917 1917
DILIGENTE Brest DY 1915 1916 1916
ENGAGEANTE Brest DY 1916 17.12.16 1917
FRIPONNE Lorient DY 1916 1916 1916
IMPATIENTE Brest DY 1916 1916 1916
MIGNONNE Brest DY 1916 1917 1917
SURVEILLANTE Brest DY 1915 1917 1917

NOTES

1916 war programme ; also included COQUETTE, HEROINE, JOYEUSE and MUTINE ordered but cancel-led.
Generally of the same type as ARDENT class but with diesel engines and no funnels except CHIFFONNE, ENGAGEANTE and MIGNONNE which had a dummy funnel.
DILIGENTE had a straight stem, others a clipper bow.
BOUFFONNE : 1916-18 Algerian Patrol Force ; October end, 1916 assisted the disabled RIGEL; unlisted in 1925.
CHIFFONNE : 1917-18 Atlantic Patrol Force ; sold to Rumania in 1920 and renamed LOCOTENENT LEPRI REMUS.
DILIGENTE : 1916-18 Tunisian Patrol Force ; assisted the disabled RIGEL ; scrapped in December 1946.
ENGAGEANTE : May 1918 with AMARANTE, made tests with Walser hydrophonic device ; unlisted 1944, sold for scrap in December 1946.
FRIPONNE : 1916-18 Tunisian Patrol Force ; assisted the disabled RIGEL ; 1920 sold to Rumania, rena-med LOCOTENENT-COMANDOR STIHI EUGEN.
IMPATIENTE : 1916-18 Tunisian Patrol Force ; 1920 sold to Rumania and renamed CAPITAN DUMITRES-CU C.
MIGNONNE : 1917-18 Atlantic Patrol Force ; 1920 sold to Rumania and renamed SUBLOCOTENENT GHICULESCU.
SURVEILLANTE : 1916-18 Algerian Patrol Force ; April 14th, 1917 assisted the trooper GANGE, disabled by mine ; May 15th, 1917 rammed and sank the Italian destroyer SCORPIONE ; condemned in 1938.

Source : French Warships of World War I, Jean Labayle-Couhat, Ian Allan Ltd, 1974, pages 186 à 191.