similar Beira 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Zaire (ex-Goa) | Z | ER de Lisboa | 26.2.1925 | 1925 | discarded 1958 | ||
| Damão | DA | ER de Lisboa | 1927 | 1927 | discarded 1937 | ||
| Diu | D, 1963- A5214 | ER de Lisboa | 10.1929 | 1929 | TS 1963, discarded 1969 |
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Displacement standard, t |
397 |
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Displacement full, t |
492 |
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Length, m |
45.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
700 |
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Max speed, kts |
13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 85 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3200(9) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/40 A(tr)76/40, 2 x 1 - 47/40 H(tr)47/43 |
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Complement |
67 |
Project history: Small colonial gunboats. Damão and Diu had ram stem.
Modernizations: 1943-1944, Zaire: - 2 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 DCT
Naval service: No significant events.
Zaire 1933
Zaire 1953
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