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REPUBLICA sloop (1915/1920)

Republica 1920

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Republica (ex-Gladiolus)     Connell, Scotstoun, UK 1915 25.10.1915 1915 // 9.1920 discarded 1943

 

Displacement normal, t

1250

Displacement full, t

1350

Length, m

81.7

Breadth, m

10.2

Draught, m

3.40

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal 375

Endurance, nm(kts)

5000(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 102/40 QF Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I/II, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I

Complement

137

Project history: Former British Flower class sloop built in days of WWI, bought by Portugal in 1920 and rearmed. Rated as 2nd class aviso.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Republica 1933

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