Bahía Aguirre 1970
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
Bahía Aguirre | B2 | 16 | Halifax SB, Canada | 20.5.1949 | 29.3.1950 | sold 10.1987 | |
Bahía Buen Suceso | B6 | 17 | Halifax SB, Canada | 15.6.1950 | 6.1950 | sunk 21.10.1982 | |
Bahía Thetis | B8 | 18 | Halifax SB, Canada | 20.5.1949 | 1950 | stricken 2.1974 |
Displacement standard, t |
3100 |
Displacement full, t |
5000 |
Length, m |
102.5 |
Breadth, m |
14.4 |
Draught, m |
7.93 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 Nordberg TSM-215 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
3750 |
Max speed, kts |
16 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 355 - 442 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
none |
Military load |
troops |
Electronic equipment | |
Complement | 71 |
Project history: Troop transports with limited landing capacity.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Bahía Buen Suceso was torpedoed 21.10.1982 by British submarine Onyx off Falklands.
Bahía Aguirre 1978
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015