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ALMIRANTE PADILLA frigates (1944/1947-1953)

Almirante Brión 1965

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Almirante Padilla (ex-Groton) FG11   Walter Butler, Superior, USA 7/1943 14.9.1943 9.1944 // 3.1947 discarded 1965
Almirante Tono (ex-Bisbee) FG12   Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA 1943 7.9.1943 2.1944 // 2.1953 discarded 1962
Almirante Brión (ex-Burlington) FG14   Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA 1943 7.12.1943 4.1944 // 6.1953 discarded 1968

  

Displacement standard, t

1509

Displacement full, t

2238

Length, m

87.0 wl 92.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.4

Draught, m

3.86

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 3 boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 768

Endurance, nm(kts) 9500 (12)

Armament

3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 9 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)

Electronic equipment

SA, SL radars, QGA sonar

Complement

190

Project history: Former USN Tacoma class frigates.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Almirante Padilla

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