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GENERAL JUAN BRUNO ZAYAS gunboat (1914)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
General Juan Bruno Zayas         1914 1914 stricken 1946

 

Displacement normal, t

300

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

50.0

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

3.40

No of shafts

 

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 37/40 Mk II/III

Complement 51

Project history: Two-masted two-funneled gunboat, purchased and first time used as a presidential yacht, for replacement of Hatuey lost in 1926.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: During war because of mediocre condition she was rarely used.

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