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JACEGUAY corvette

Jaceguay 1937

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Jaceguai (ex-Flechas, ex-Fairfield)   Clyde SB, Glasgow, UK   30/5/1919 1919 // 1942 survey vessel 1945

 

Displacement normal, t

800

Displacement full, t

930

Length, m

70.4

Breadth, m

8.70

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal 185

Armament

2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss

Complement

79

Ship project history: Former British minesweeper Fairfield of Aberdare class. In 1920 she was sold to private owner. later she was bought by Brazil and 17/12/1937 commissioned by Navy as survey vessel. For researches of shallow harbour areas she was armed with two launches. In 1942 Jaceguay was rearmed and commissioned as a corvette.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: In 1945 she was disarmed and re-converted to survey vessel.

Jaceguai 1937

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