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MEXICAN NAVY (MEXICO)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

DEMOCRATA gunboats (1875)

very similar Independencia 1914

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Democrata     Rennie, Govan, UK   1875 1875 TS 1914, stricken 1915
Mexico     Rennie, Govan, UK   1875 1875 stricken 1915

 

Displacement normal, t

445

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

42.7

Breadth, m

7.59

Draught, m

3.40

No of shafts

1

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

600

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 163/16 100pdr Armstrong MLR, 2 x 1 - 107/19 Vavasseur 20pdr BLR

Complement

80

Project history: Iron-hulled, schooner-rigged gunboats with one funnel and three masts.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service:  By 1890 Mexico was a stationary ship at Mazatlan. Democrata was reclassified as a TS in 1914.

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