Amazonas 1960
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Amazonas | CF11, 1960- 11 | Electric Boat, Groton, USA | 1934 | 7/1935 | in service (2019) | ||
Loreto | CF12, 1960- 12 | Electric Boat, Groton, USA | 1934 | 7/1935 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
250 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
44.1 pp 46.7 oa |
Breadth, m |
6.71 |
Draught, m |
1.37 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
750 |
Max speed, kts |
15.5 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000(10) |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94 |
Electronic equipment | none |
Complement |
35 |
Project history: Built for service on upper Amazon. Boats differed from "classical" river gunboats by "laconic" outline profile, diesel machinery and DP guns.
Modernizations: 1960s, both: - 2 x 1 - 76/50, 2 x 1 - 47/40, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94; + 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, radar
1980s: - old radar; + Furuno radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Amazonas 1935
Amazonas 1999
Loreto 1997
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