France building new escort vessels according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1933 no. 2

An item referred to the magazine Marine Rundschau dated December 1932 reporting that France planned the building of 12 escort vessels of which the building of the La Meplomène, La Flore, La Pomone and l’Iphigénie at Nantes already started. With a displacement of around 600 ton, a very high speed were they to be armed with 4-9cm guns. Building costs each 30.580.000 francs. Part of the coastal defence.