Chasseur 8 Rennes

Accounts of Rennes construction site and date differ, some sources attribute a 1939 build date in Le Havre, others  state 1938 in Dunkerque, the launch date according to Wikipedia was the 27th January 1940, The hull construction also varies depending on source, one states a wooden hull build, though the type began with Chasseur 5 and  photographs of Chasseur 9 at Dunquerque though built in Le Havre,  show steel plates on the hull and deck, it's not until the 41 number series that wooden hulls on the FNFL Chasseurs are seen.

 

 Chasseur 8 was seized by the  Royal Navy during Operation Grasp, and was  handed over to the Free French on the 3rd July 1940, She was lost to enemy bombing on the 13th July 1942.

Below is the only photo so far found which shows the correct Chasseur 8 , other sites show the earlier design Ch8 built in Nantes.

Much has been written about the loss of Chasseur 8 and it is not proposed to rewrite that history on these pages, rather to give access to the pages that already exist and give due credit to those dedicated people who have done so much sterling work

https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?233857

https://memorial--national--des--marins-fr.translate.goog/recherche-des-batiments/3423-chasseur-8-rennes?_x_tr_sl=fr&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc

The above link may have to be copied and pasted into the search bar.

 

 

Below photo Guy Perrault  Enseign de Vaisseau    list of the activities of Ch8

http://memorial-aen.fr/detail.php?&id=1307

The report on the loss of Chasseur 8 Rennes by Lieutenant Edward Walton R.N.V.R.

Kindly supplied by Margaret Prior

Original report typed on foolscap paper hence the splt image

 Raymond Delannoy