Zulia 1958
Nueva Esparta 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Nueva Esparta | D11 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 24.7.1951 | 19.11.1952 | 8.12.1953 | discarded 1978 | |
| Zulia | D21 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 24.7.1951 | 29.6.1953 | 15.9.1954 | discarded 1978 | |
| Aragua | D31 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 29.6.1953 | 27.1.1955 | 14.2.1956 | discarded 1975 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2600 |
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Displacement full, t |
3300 |
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Length, m |
117.1 wl 122.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
3.90 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
50000 |
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Max speed, kts |
34.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
5000(11) |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 114/45 UD Mk 6, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 4 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR |
| Electronic equipment | type 262, type 274, type 275, type 291, type 293Q radars, type 162, type 170, type 177 sonars |
|
Complement |
254 |
Project history: Specifically designed for tropical operations, air conditioned and quite spacious. The single uptake and stack serviced the two independent engine and boiler rooms.
Modernizations: 1960, Nueva Esparta: - type 274, type 291, type 293Q radars; + 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL, SPS-12, SPS-6, type 276 radars
1960, Zulia, 1965, Aragua: - type 274, type 291, type 293Q radars; + 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL, SPS-12, AWS-2, type 276 radars
1969, Nueva Esparta: - 4 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL; + 2 x 4 Seacat GWS20 SAM (16 Seacat), 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL
Naval service: No significant events.
Aragua 1969
Nueva Esparta 1970
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