Constitución 1946
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Constitución (ex-Algoma) | Port Arthur, Canada | 6.1940 | 17.12.1940 | 7.1941 // 6.1945 | discarded 1962 | ||
Federación (ex-Amherst) | St. John, Canada | 5.1940 | 4.12.1940 | 8.1941 // 1946 | discarded 1956 | ||
Libertad (ex-Battleford) | Collingwood, Canada | 9.1940 | 15.4.1941 | 7.1941 // 1946 | wrecked 12.4.1949 | ||
Independencia (ex-Dunvegan) | Marine Industries, Sorel, Canada | 8.1940 | 11.12.1940 | 9.1941 // 1946 | discarded 1953 | ||
Carabobo (ex-Kamsack) | Port Arthur, Canada | 11.1940 | 5.5.1941 | 10.1941 // 1945 | lost 1946 | ||
Patria (ex-Oakville) | Port Arthur, Canada | 12.1940 | 21.6.1941 | 11.1941 // 1946 | discarded 1962 | ||
Victoria (ex-Wetaskiwin) | Burrard, Vancouver, Canada | 4.1940 | 18.7.1940 | 12.1940 // 1946 | discarded 1962 |
Displacement standard, t |
950 |
Displacement full, t |
1280 |
Length, m |
57.9 pp 62.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.1 |
Draught, m |
4.80 deep load |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
Power, h. p. |
2750 |
Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
Fuel, t |
oil 230 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3500(12) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (72) |
Electronic equipment |
type 271 or type 286 (some) radars, type 123 sonar |
Complement |
109 |
Project history: RCN Flower-type corvettes, transferred after war.
Modernizations: early 1950s, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk 9
Naval service: Carabobo was lost in 1946 on passage from Canada. Libertad ran aground off Western Venezuela and wrecked 12.4.1949.
Victoria 1953
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