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URUGUAYAN NAVY (URUGUAY)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

GENERAL SUÁREZ wooden gunboat (1864/1887)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
General Suárez (ex-Tactique)     Arsenal de Toulon, France   1864 1864 // 1887 stricken 1913

  

Displacement normal, t

360 - 405

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

38.8

Breadth, m

6.71

Draught, m

2.62 - 3.00 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HDA, oval boilers

Power, h. p.

175 - 205

Max speed, kts

7.3 - 9.2

Fuel, t

coal 25 - 35

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 79/27 RK L/30 C/73

Complement

62

Project history: French wooden gunboat purchased by Uruguay after service under French flag.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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