Tampico 1914
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Tampico | Elizabethport, USA | 1902 | 1902 | sunk 16.7.1914 | |||
| Vera Cruz | Elizabethport, USA | 1902 | 1902 | stricken 1924 |
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Displacement normal, t |
980 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
61.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
3.35 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, Mosher boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
16 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 170 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 102/40 Bethlehem, 6 x 1 - 57/40 Driggs-Schroeder, 1 - 356 TT (bow) |
| Military load | 200 troops |
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Complement |
98 |
Project history: Steel-hulled gunboats with ram bow, two masts, one funnel and raised forecastle and poop. 102mm guns were fore and aft, 2 57mm guns were in casemates abreast the bridge, other four in sponsons amidships.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Tampico was sunk by Mexican cruiser-transport Vincente Guerrero 16.7.1914.
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