Cartagena 1931
Cartagena 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Barranquilla | CF31 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 10.5.1930 | 1931 | stricken 1970 | ||
| Santa Marta | CF32 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 16.4.1930 | 1931 | stricken 12.1962 | ||
| Cartagena | CF33 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK | 26.3.1930 | 1931 | stricken 1987 |
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Displacement standard, t |
142 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
39.6 pp 41.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.16 |
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Draught, m |
0.84 |
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No of shafts |
2 in tunnels |
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Machinery |
2 Gardner semi-diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
600 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 24 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2100(15) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt EOC N, 4 x 1 - 7.7/94 |
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Complement |
39 |
Project history: The successful ships, ordered 31.8.1929 at 195.000$ for one boat. Hull abreast machinery and magazines had bulletproof plating. Gunboats shown magnificent seaworthiness for river ships, having made with British crews self-supporting 24-day passage through Atlantic with one stop at St.Vincent.
Modernizations: 1942-1945, all: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
1960s, all: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3
Naval service: Barranquilla served on Magdalena, two others on Amazon and Putumayo.
Cartagena 1930
Cartagena 1971
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