Teruel 1938
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Huesca (ex-Alessandro Poerio) | Ansaldo, Genoa, Italy | 6.1913 | 4.8.1914 | 5.1915 // 10.1937 | stricken 8.1953 | ||
| Teruel (ex-Guglielmo Pepe) | Ansaldo, Genoa, Italy | 7.1913 | 17.9.1914 | 8.1915 // 10.1937 | stricken 1.1948 |
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Displacement standard, t |
845 |
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Displacement full, t |
1216 |
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Length, m |
83.1 wl 85.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.80 normal 3.10 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Beluzzo steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
20000 |
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Max speed, kts |
31.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 200 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
2100(13) |
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Armament |
Huesca: 5 x 1 - 102/45 Schneider-Canet 1917, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers-Terni 1917, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 42 mines Teruel: 6 x 1 - 102/45 Schneider-Canet 1917, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers-Terni 1917, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 42 mines |
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Complement |
137 |
Project history: Former Italian "esploratori" built during WWI, since 1.7.1921 classified as destroyers. They were bought from Italy by Spanish Nationalists Government in September, 1937, transferred to Spanish crews 27.10.1937. Unlike Melilla class, in National fleet were not masked. Hopelessly outdated and completely worn out ships, they nevertheless were actively enough used by Nationalists, despite regular accidents of machinery. 24.5.1938 they collided with each other at Palma (Mallorca), repair of Huesca at Cadiz has held 3 months, Teruel was under repair 5 months.
Modernizations: 1938, Huesca: + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/30
1938, Teruel: - 1 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/30
Naval service: After 1939 both served mainly as TSs.
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