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JACEGUAI corvette (1919/1942)

Jaceguai 1937

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Jaceguai (ex-Flechas, ex-Fairfield)     Clyde SB, Glasgow, UK   30.5.1919 1919 // 1942 survey vessel 1945

 

Displacement normal, t

800

Displacement full, t

930

Length, m

70.4

Breadth, m

8.70

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal 185

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss

Complement

79

Project history: Former British minesweeper Fairfield of Aberdare class. In 1920 she was sold to private owner. later she was bought by Brazil and 17.12.1937 commissioned by Navy as survey vessel. For researches of shallow harbour areas she was armed with two launches. In 1942 Jaceguai was rearmed and commissioned as a corvette.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1945 she was disarmed and re-converted to survey vessel.

Jaceguai 1937

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