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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

ESPERANZA river gunboats

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Esperanza   Perth Amboy, USA   1897 1897 stricken 1935
General Nerino   Perth Amboy, USA   1895 1895 stricken 1935

 

Displacement normal, t

400

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

42.4 pp

Breadth, m

5.79

Draught, m

0.91

No of shafts

stern wheel

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

430

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

 
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

3 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss

Complement

 

Ship project history: Boats had thin armour protected sides and stern paddle wheel as American river boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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