NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
República (ex-Smilax, ex-Tact)	P10	108	Collingwood, Canada	1942	24.12.1942	6/1943 // 28.12.1948	deleted 1961

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1000
Displacement full, t	1370
Length, m	57.9 pp 63.5 oa
Breadth, m	10.1
Draught, m	4.42 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2750
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 337
Endurance, nm(kts)	7400(10)
Armament	1 x 1 - 105/41 Bofors M45, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (100)
Electronic equipment	SG or SL radar, type 144 sonar
Complement	109

Project history

This ship was built by British request for transfer to the USA by "reverse" lend-lease, but was commissioned by RN. In 1946 she was returned to USN custody and in 1948 transferred to Argentina.

Modernizations

1950s: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3

Naval service

No significant events.

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