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URUGUAYAN NAVY (URUGUAY)

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PAYSANDÚ patrol craft (1936)

Río Negro 1939

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Paysandú A1, 1950s- PR1   CNR, Ancona, Italy   1935 2.1936 stricken 7.1963
Salto A2, 1950s- PR2, 1970s- GS24, 1976- 14   CNR, Ancona, Italy   1935 2.1936 stricken 3.1999
Río Negro A3, 1950s- PR3   CNR, Ancona, Italy   1935 2.1936 stricken 11.1969

  

Displacement standard, t

150

Displacement full, t

180

Length, m

41.9

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Germania diesels

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil 18

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000(10)

Armament

as designed and Paysandú as commissioned: 2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80

Río Negro as commissioned: 1 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 6.5/80

Salto as commissioned: 2 x 1 - 20/65 Breda, 1 x 1 - 6.5/80

Complement

51

Project history: Shallow-draught patrols for coastal and riverine service. They were built in Italy, the Uruguayan flag on all three was raised 10.9.1935, all arrived to Montevideo 9.2.1936. In practice armament varied.

Modernizations: by 1937, all: were armed with 2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80

late 1960s, Salto: was armed with 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, radar

Naval service: Salto served more than 63 years.

Paysandú 1936 without armament

Río Negro 1939

Salto 1971

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