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ESMERALDAS patrol ships (1943-1944/1960)

Esmeraldas 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Esmeraldas (ex-Eunice, ex-PCE846) E03, 1960s- E22, 1970- P22   Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 8.1943 20.12.1943 3.1944 // 11.1960 survey vessel 1979
Manabí (ex-Pascagoula, ex-PCE874) E02, 1960s- E23, 1970- P23   Albina, Portland, USA 3.1943 11.3.1943 12.1943 // 12.1960 training hulk 1976

 

Displacement standard, t

795

Displacement full, t

903

Length, m

54.9 wl 56.2 oa

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

2.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

15.1

Fuel, t

diesel oil 140
Endurance, nm(kts) 8500 (12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog MK 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment

SG or SL radar, QHA sonar

Complement 96

Project history: Former USN PCE class patrol escorts.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Manabí 1972

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