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PC-1610


PC-1610 was built in France.

PC-1604 Class Submarine Chaser: Laid down, (date unknown) in Dubigeon, France for the French Navy using "offshore" funds; Launched, 31 May 1954; Delivered, 21 July 1955; Commissioned Le Fougueux (P 641). Served the Algerian war in the late 50s. Decommissioned in July 1975; Sold for scrap in 1978 to The Netherlands; Sold the same year to the Boy Scouts as a base for there small sailing boats, first as a stationary base but after 7 years of hard work, it was sailing on her own power again and reclassified as PW-641. Sold in 2001 to the Le Fougueux foundation. Sailed on it own power to H. I. Ambacht ( near Dordrecht, The Netherlands) for restoration. Reclassified back to P641. (See www.P641.com for more photo's and films. Le Fougueux is the last WW II type submarine chaser in existance.

Specifications: Displacement 402 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 10"; Speed 18.7 kts.; Complement 63; Armament two 40-mm mount; two 20-mm mounts, Between 1959 and 1962 the boat was armed with a MK15 Hedgehog rocket launchers, four depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion four 3,240hp direct-reversible SEMT-Pielstick 14-cylinder diesel engines (two engines removed during scrapping), two 60kw General Motors auxiliary generator sets,
two shafts.


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P-641 62k Builder's trials. Peter Bethlem
P-641 90k Builder's trials. Peter Bethlem
P-641 51k c. 1955
In service with the French Navy
Peter Bethlem
PW-641 90k c. 1990
In the North Sea near Ijmuiden, Holland
Peter Bethlem
PW-641 61k c. 2000. Ijmuiden, Holland
Boy Scout's receiving their new ship, the former Dutch minesweeper Naaldwijk (M 809), ex-MSC-175, ex-AMS-175.
Peter Bethlem
PW-641 120k c. May 2002. Alblasserdam, Holland
The day before dry docking.
Peter Bethlem
PW-641 95k c. May 2002. Alblasserdam, Holland
On the slip way.
Peter Bethlem
PW-641 80k c. May 2002. Alblasserdam, Holland
On the slip way.
Peter Bethlem
PW-641 81k Engineroom view showing the gearboxes in front of the two rear main engines. Peter Bethlem

There is no DANFS history available for PC-1610 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
Le Fougueux (P 641) Website
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