The H.230.01 was powered by two 128 kW (172 hp) Salmson 6Af engines and its configuration included a short crew canopy faired into the upper decking of the rear fuselage and a conventional strut-braced tail unit, and the fixed main landing gear units incorporated spatted wheel fairings.

Twin fins and rudders were introduced and the power was increased with new 172 kW (230 hp) Salmson 6Af-02 engines.

The Hanriot H.232.01 had a single fin and rudder and was equipped with twin 164 kW (220 hp) Renault 6Q-02/03, (left and right hand propeller rotation), engines plus retractable landing gear.

The type was then given a twin fin and rudder tail assembly and was flown in this new configuration in December 1939, then redesignated H.232/2.01.

One was destroyed in an accident during the ferry flight to Finland, the other two saw service as advanced trainers in the Finnish Air Force and were written off on January 2, 1950.