Tortuguero 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Separación (ex-Skirmish), early 1976- Prestol Botello | BM454, 1995- C454 | Associated, Seattle, USA | 4.1943 | 16.8.1943 | 6.1944 // 1.1965 | stricken 2005 | |
| Tortuguero (ex-Signet) | BM455, 1995- C455 | Associated, Seattle, USA | 4.1943 | 16.8.1943 | 6.1944 // 1.1965 | hulk 1997 |
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Displacement standard, t |
600 |
|
Displacement full, t |
903 |
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Length, m |
54.9 wl 56.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
2.97 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Cooper-Bessemer GSB-8 diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
1710 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 260 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5600(9) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
|
Electronic equipment |
SF or SO or SU radar |
| Complement | 96 |
Project history: Former USN Admirable class minesweepers, transferred without minesweeping gear, rated as corvettes, later as gunboats.
Modernizations: early 1980s, both: - 2 x 1 - 20/70, old radar; + SPS-69 radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Prestol Botello 1976
© Ivan Gogin, 2016