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PARAGUAYAN NAVY (PARAGUAY)

ESCORTS

NANAWA patrol craft (1937-1939/1964-1968)

Nanawa 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nanawa (ex-Bouchard) M1, 1990s- P01, 1990s- P02   Astileros Navale, Rio Santiago, Argentina 1935 20.3.1936 1.1937 // 3.1964 discarded 2014
Capitán Meza (ex-Seaver) M2, 1990s- P02, 1990s- P03   Hansen y Puccini, San Fernando, Argentina 1937 18.8.1938 5.1939 // 5.1968 barrack hulk ~2000
Teniente Fariña (ex-Py) M3, 1990s- P03, 1990s- P04   Astileros Navale, Rio Santiago, Argentina 1937 21.3.1938 7.1939 // 5.1968 in service (2019)

  

Displacement standard, t

450

Displacement full, t

650

Length, m

59.5

Breadth, m

7.30

Draught, m

2.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MAN diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil 50

Endurance, nm(kts) 3000(12)

Armament

2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment nav. radar

Complement

70

Project history: Argentinean ocean minesweepers, converted to patrols and rearmed before transfer.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Nanawa 1975

Nanawa 2000

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