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PATRIA gunboat (1911)

Patria 1914

Patria 1952

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Patria     Cramp, Philadelphia, USA   10.8.1911 1911 discarded 1955

 

Displacement normal, t

1100

Displacement full, t

1200

Length, m

61.0 pp

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

4.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, Babcock boilers

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal 150

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 Mk I/II, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Mk I/II, 4 x 1 - 37/40 Mk II/III

Complement 115

Project history: Two-masted two-funneled seaworthy training ship ordered under the 1910 programme, actually represented the project off well proved during the Spanish-American war Machias class gunboat, adapted under Cuban requirements.

Modernizations: 1917: - 4 x 1 - 37/40; + 2 x 1 - 57/40 Mk I/II

1942: boilers were converted to oil-firing; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 3.5.6, 1 x 1 - 76/52 Mk 10, 2 DCT

1945: - 2 DCT

Naval service: No significant events.

Patria 1930s

Patria 1952

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