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COMANDANTE PEDRO CAMPBELL corvette (1942/1966)

Comandante Pedro Campbell 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Comandante Pedro Campbell (ex-Chickadee) MSF1, 1976- 4, 1990- 24   Defoe, Bay City, USA 8.1941 20.7.1942 11.1942 // 8.1966 Antarctic supply ship 1990, patrol 1997, stricken 2002

 

Displacement standard, t

890

Displacement full, t

1250

Length, m

65.5 wl 67.4 oa

Breadth, m

9.80

Draught, m

3.28 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 electric motors, 4 Alco 539 diesel-generators

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

diesel oil 200
Endurance, nm(kts) 6370 (16.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24

Electronic equipment 2x radars

Complement

105

Project history: Former USN Auk class minesweepers, reclassified as corvette after transfer.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1990 Comandante Pedro Campbell was converted for service as a supply ship for the General Artigas Base in Antarctic in 1990 but in 1997 she had been rearmed and re-converted to patrol ship.

Comandante Pedro Campbell 1971

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