Baire 1914
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Baire | Klawitter, Danzig, Germany | 1906 | 1906 | disarmed 1942, discarded 1948 |
Displacement normal, t |
500 |
Displacement full, t |
510 |
Length, m |
59.7 |
Breadth, m |
7.01 |
Draught, m |
2.74 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, Babcock boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
Max speed, kts |
14 |
Fuel, t |
coal 120 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss Mk I |
Complement | 76 |
Project history: Two-masted one-funneled gunboat, first combat ship of Cuban Navy. She was used also as a presidential yacht.
Modernizations: 1917: - 2 x 1 - 57/40, 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk III/V/VI, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Mk II/III, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Naval service: During WWII Baire was disarmed and was used as hulk as nasty condition excluded serious repair.
Baire 1921
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