Bouchard 1937
Bouchard 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Drummond | M2 | Astileros Navale, Rio Santiago | 1935 | 17.6.1936 | 6.1937 | stricken 3.1964 | |
| Robinson | M3 | Hansen y Puccini, San Fernando | 1937 | 18.8.1938 | 5.1939 | stricken 12.1967 | |
| Granville | M4 | Astileros Navale, Rio Santiago | 1935 | 7.1.1937 | 9.1937 | stricken 12.1967 | |
| Fournier | M5 | Sanchez, San Fernando | 1937 | 5.8.1939 | 10.1940 | wrecked 22.9.1949 | |
| Bouchard | M7 | Astileros Navale, Rio Santiago | 1935 | 20.3.1936 | 1.1937 | to Paraguay 2.1964 (Nanawa) | |
| Py | M10 | Astileros Navale, Rio Santiago | 1937 | 21.3.1938 | 7.1939 | to Paraguay 11.1967 (Teniente Farina) | |
| Parker | M11 | Sanchez, San Fernando | 1.1936 | 2.5.1937 | 5.1938 | stricken 7.1963 | |
| Seaver | M12 | Hansen y Puccini, San Fernando | 1937 | 18.8.1938 | 5.1939 | to Paraguay 11.1967 (Capitán Meza) | |
| Spiro | M13, 2.1962- GC12 | Astileros Navale, Rio Santiago | 1937 | 7.6.1937 | 1.1938 | Prefectura Naval 2.1962, deleted 1983 |
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Displacement standard, t |
450 |
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Displacement full, t |
520 |
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Length, m |
59.0 |
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Breadth, m |
7.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.27 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MAN diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 50 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/50 Bethlehem Mod.1 or 2 x 1 - 100/47 OTO, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94, mechanical minesweeping gear |
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Complement |
62 |
Project history: First rather large ships built in Argentina. They were designed on the basis of German-built Bathurst class, but with diesels instead of steam engines. Probably, part of ships had Italian 100mm/47 guns. Ships differed by low stability.
Modernizations: 1960s, all: + radar
1962, Spiro: was armed with 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 only
Naval service: Fournier was lost 22.9.1949, having ran on uncharted underwater rock in Magellan Strait. Bouchard, Py and Seaver were sold to Paraguay as river gunboats. Two first served under Paraguayan flag today, and Capitan Meza from late 1990s is used as accommodation ship.
Granville 1938
Spiro 1969
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