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MEXICAN NAVY (MEXICO)

ESCORTS

ACAPULCO armed trawlers (1917/1920)

Mazatlán 1940

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Salinas, 1926- Acapulco     Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   1917 11.1917 // 1920 stricken 1959
Mazatlán     Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   1917 11.1917 // 1920 stricken 1949
Tampico     Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   1917 11.1917 // 1920 stricken 1949
Vera Cruz     Polson IW, Toronto, Canada   1917 11.1917 // 1920 stricken 1959

  

Displacement normal, t

357

Displacement full, t

486

Length, m

40.5

Breadth, m

7.13

Draught, m

4.08

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

557

Max speed, kts

7

Fuel, t

coal 208

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Salinas, Vera Cruz: 1 x 1 - 25/60 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 13.2/76

Mazatlan, Tampico: 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94

Complement

26

Project history: Former Canadian armed trawlers built in days of the First World War, bought by Mexico in 1920 and used as patrols.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Acapulco 1951

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