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PRESIDENTE TRUJILLO frigate (1944/1946)

Presidente Trujillo 1950

Mella 1963

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Presidente Trujillo (ex-Carlplace), 1962- Mella F101, 1968- F451   Davie SB, Lauzon, Canada 11.1943 6.7.1944 12.1944 // 1946 really museum ship 1997

 

Displacement standard, t

1400

Displacement full, t

2125

Length, m

86.3 pp 91.8 oa

Breadth, m

11.2

Draught, m

3.89 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 646

Endurance, nm(kts) 4200(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 102/41 CP Mk XXIII, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III

Electronic equipment nav. radar

Complement

195

Project history: River-type frigate, acquired from Canada in 1946 and converted to presidential yacht with extra accommodation and deck-houses built up in place of some armament.

Modernizations: 1960s: - 1 x 1 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 20/70 (but they were fitted again)

1980s: - old radar; + SPS-64 radar

Naval service: Ship served also as flagship of Dominican Navy.

Presidente Trujillo 1950

Mella 1972

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