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HÉRCULES frigate (1942/1948)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Hércules (ex-Ashville, ex-Adur), 1961- Juan Batista Azopardo P31, 1961- GC11 155 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada 10.1941 22.8.1942 12.1942 // 18.2.1948 Coast Guard 1961, sold 1969


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

1412

Displacement full, t

2150

Length, m

86.3 wl 91.9 oa

Breadth, m

11.1

Draught, m

4.01

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 674

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

3 x 1 - 105/45 Bofors M32, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog MK 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)

Electronic equipmentSA, SL radars, type 128 sonar
Complement

190



Standard scale images


<i>Hércules </i>1960
Hércules 1960


Project history

Former River-type frigate transferred by USN.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.