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MARAÑÓN river gunboats (1951)

Marañón 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ucayali CF401, 1959- CF13, 1960- 13   Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 4/1950 7.3.1951 3.10.1951 in service (2019)
Marañón CF402, 1959- CF14, 1960- 14   Thornycroft, Woolston, UK 4/1950 23.4.1951 3.10.1951 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

350

Displacement full, t

365

Length, m

47.2

Breadth, m

9.75

Draught, m

1.22

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 British Polar M441 diesels

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 5000(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment nav. radar

Complement

40

Project history: Shallow-draught riverine gunboats. Steel hull with aluminium alloy superstructures.

Modernizations: late 1970s, both: - 2 x 2 - 20/70, 1 x 1 - 20/70

1990s, both: - old radar; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, Furuno radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Ucayali 1975

Ucayali 1993

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