Neuquen 1980
Chaco 1980
|
Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|
Neuquen (ex-Hickleton) |
M1 |
Thornycroft, Woolston, UK |
1954 |
26.1.1955 |
1955 // 9.1968 |
stricken 4.1997 |
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Río Negro (ex-Tarlton) |
M2 |
Doig, Grimsby, UK |
1954 |
10.11.1954 |
1955 // 6.1968 |
stricken 4.1997 |
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Chubut (ex-Santon) |
M3 |
Fleetlands, Gosport, UK |
1954 |
18.8.1955 |
1956 // 7.1968 |
stricken 1996 |
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Tierra del Fuego (ex-Bevington, ex-Golden Aphis) |
M4 |
White, Southampton, UK |
13.9.1951 |
17.3.1953 |
10.4.1954 // 12.1968 |
stricken 1996 |
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Chaco (ex-Rennington) |
M5 |
Richards IW, Lowestoft, UK |
1957 |
27.11.1958 |
1959 // 12.1969 |
stricken 2.2003 |
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Formosa (ex-Ilmington) |
M6 |
Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK |
1953 |
8.3.1954 |
1954 // 7.1968 |
stricken 2.2003 |
Displacement
standard, t 360 Displacement
full, t 425 Length, m 42.7 pp 46.3
oa Breadth, m 8.80 Draught, m 2.50 max No of shafts 2 Machinery
M1-3, 5, 6: 2 Napier Deltic diesels M4: 2 Mirrlees diesels Power, h. p.
M1-3, 5, 6: 3000 M4: 2500 Max speed, kts 15 Fuel, t diesel oil
45 Armament M1-4: 1 x 1 - 40/60
Mk 7, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 9, LL mechanical/magnetic/acoustic minesweeping gear
M5, 6: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 inflatable boats, diving equipment
for 4 divers
Electronic equipment M1-4: type 978 radar
M5, 6: type 978 radar, type 193 sonar Complement 29
Endurance, nm(kts)
3000(8)
Project history: Former British Ton class coastal minesweepers. Chaco and Formosa were minehunters.
Modernizations: 1990s, Chaco: - type 978 radar; + R-40XX radar
1990s, Formosa: - type 978 radar; + Furuno 1831 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Chaco 1980
© Ivan Gogin, 2015