
Douro 1916

Tâmega 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Douro | D | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK // Estaleiro Real de Lisboa | 22.1.1913 | 1913 | discarded 1931 | ||
| Guadiana | G | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK // Estaleiro Real de Lisboa | 21.9.1914 | 1915 | discarded 1934 | ||
| Vouga | V | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK // Estaleiro Real de Lisboa | 19.4.1920 | 1920 | lost 1.5.1931 | ||
| Tâmega | TA | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK // Estaleiro Real de Lisboa | 21.10.1922 | 1924 | discarded 1945 |
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Displacement standard, t |
515 |
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Displacement full, t |
660 |
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Length, m |
73.2 |
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Breadth, m |
7.20 |
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Draught, m |
2.30 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Parsons steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
11000 |
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Max speed, kts |
27 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 146 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1600(15) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 100/44 A(tr)10/45, 2 x 1 - 76/40 A(tr)76/40, 2 x 2 - 450 TT |
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Complement |
80 |
Project history: Very similar to British River class destroyers. They were built in Britain by Yarrow and assembled from ready sections at Lisbon. Lead ship on trials has shown 30.3kts.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Vouga was wrecked 1.5.1931. To the WWII beginning Tâmega was considered become outdated and was used mainly as training ship and was stricken right after the war.

Tâmega 1933
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