Recalde 1914
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Recalde | SECN, Cartagena | 1909 | 31.12.1910 | 1911 | discarded 1931 | ||
Laya | SECN, Cartagena | 11.1909 | 3.8.1911 | 12.1911 | sunk 15.6.1938 | ||
Bonifaz | SECN, Cartagena | 1910 | 1911 | 1911 | discarded 1931 | ||
Lauria | SECN, Cartagena | 12.1910 | 3.4.1912 | 8.1912 | stricken 5.1940 |
Displacement normal, t |
787 |
Displacement full, t |
811 |
Length, m |
65.5 |
Breadth, m |
9.14 |
Draught, m |
2.98 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
Fuel, t |
coal 160 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
Armament |
4 x 1 - 76/50 Vickers Mk TR |
Complement |
130 |
Project history: Four ships of this class were built for colonial service under the law from 7.1.1908. Weak unsuccessful ships with low stability, used basically as patrols.
Modernizations: 1937, Laya: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon M36
Naval service: After beginning of Civil war Laya at Tangiers was transferred under Republican control. Gunboat was sunk by aircraft of Nationalists at Valencia 15.6.1938. She was salvaged 28.2.1940, stricken 13.3.1940 and sold for scrap. Lauria was captured by troops of Nationalists at Cadiz 21.7.1936 and commissioned by them. 8.5.1940 Lauria was stricken and converted to a hulk at Cartagena.
Recalde
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