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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

AQUILES amphibious transport (1953/1967)

Aquiles 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Aquiles (ex-Tjaldur) 47   Aalborg vaerft, Denmark   1953 1953 // 1967 sold 1988

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

2660 BRT

Length, m

87.8

Breadth, m

13.4

Draught, m

5.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Burmeister & Wain diesel

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 5500(16)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Electronic equipment

radar
Military load

447 troops, cargo

Complement 60

Project history: Former Danish merchant vessel, bought by Chilean Navy and converted to troop transport.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Aquiles 1976

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