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SPANISH NAVY (SPAIN)

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ALCÁZAR patrols (1918-1919/1922)

Alcázar 1922

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Alcázar (ex-Rengage)     Ch Maritime du Sud Ouest, Bordeaux, France   1918/19 1918/19 // 4.1922 stricken 6.1951
Larache (ex-Poilu)     Ch Maritime du Sud Ouest, Bordeaux, France   1918/19 1918/19 // 4.1922 stricken 2.1949
Tetuán (ex-Grognard)     Ch Maritime du Sud Ouest, Bordeaux, France   1918/19 1918/19 // 4.1922 stricken 10.1952

  

Displacement normal, t

370

Displacement full, t

440

Length, m

37.8 pp 41.0 oa

Breadth, m

7.30

Draught, m

3.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

425

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

coal 80

Endurance, nm(kts) 3000(8)

Armament

Alcázar: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Vickers Mk TR, 2 x 1 - 47/50 Vickers

Larache: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Armstrong Mk Z

Tetuán: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Armstrong Mk Z, 1 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt

Complement

41

Project history: Former French minesweepers of Briscard class, commissioned by Spanish Navy as patrols 11.4.1922.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In July, 1936 Alcázar and Larache at Cadiz were transferred under control of Nationalists. Tetuán at Cartagena remained with Republican fleet. 1.3.1939 she was withdrawn by crew from Cartagena to Iviza (Baleares) and commissioned by Nationalists.

Larache 1922

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