Guanajuato 1940
Guanajuato 1954
Potosi 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Guanajuato | C7, 1993- C07 | SECN, El Ferrol, Spain | 28.5.1934 | 5.1936 | stricken 7.2001 | ||
| Querétaro | C8, later- H09 | SECN, El Ferrol, Spain | 28.7.1934 | 4.1936 | stricken 1975 | ||
| Potosi | C9 | SECN, Cadiz, Spain | 24.8.1934 | 4.1936 | stricken 1975 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1300 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1950 |
|
Length, m |
79.2 pp 80.4 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.5 |
|
Draught, m |
3.05 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
5000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 140 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3000(14) |
|
Armament |
3 x 1 - 102/45 Vickers Mk LA, 2 x 2 - 25/60 Hotchkiss, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76 |
| Military load | 230 troops, 40 horses |
|
Complement |
140 |
Project history: Original ships combining functions of gunboat and military transport.
Design was developed on the basis of Spanish Canovas del Castillo
gunboat. At expense of hull increasing and some decreasing of armament Mexican ships
were available to take aboard up to 230 infantrymen and 40 horses for whom there was special
accommodation in an aft superstructure.
After introduction of Mexico into the war, all three
gunboats passed repair and modernizations on US shipyards in California.
Modernizations: 1942, all: - 2 x 2 - 25/60; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT
1958, Queretaro; 1961, Potosi; 1964, Guanajuato: geared turbines were replaced by Enterprise DMR-38 diesels (5000hp, 14kts only); - 2 x 1 - 102/45; + radars
Naval service: Guanajuato after discarding was preserved as memorial in Veracruz.
Guanajuato 1936
Guanajuato 1970
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