Teruel 1938
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Huesca (ex-Alessandro Poerio) | Ansaldo, Genoa, Italy | 6/1913 | 4/8/1914 | 5/1915 // 10/1937 | stricken 8/1953 | |
| Teruel (ex-Guglielmo Pepe) | Ansaldo, Genoa, Italy | 7/1913 | 17/9/1914 | 8/1915 // 10/1937 | stricken 1/1948 |
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Displacement standard, t |
845 |
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Displacement full, t |
1216 |
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Length, m |
83.1 wl 85.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.80 normal 3.10 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
Beluzzo steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
20000 |
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Max speed, kts |
31.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 200 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
2100(13) |
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Armament |
Huesca: 5 x 1 - 102/45 Schneider-Canet 1917, 1 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers-Terni 1917, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 42 mines Teruel: 6 x 1 - 102/45 Schneider-Canet 1917, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Vickers-Terni 1917, 2 x 1 - 13.2/76, 2 x 2 - 450 TT, 42 mines |
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Complement |
137 |
Ship project history: Former Italian "esploratori" built during WWI, since 1/7/1921 classified as destroyers. They were bought from Italy by Spanish Nationalists Government in September, 1937, transferred to Spanish crews 27/10/1937. Unlike Melilla class, in National fleet were not masked. Hopelessly outdated and completely worn out ships, they nevertheless were actively enough used by Nationalists, despite regular accidents of machinery. 24/5/1938 they collided with each other at Palma (Mallorca), repair of Huesca at Cadiz has held 3 months, Teruel was under repair 5 months.
Modernizations: 1938, Huesca: + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/30
1938, Teruel: - 1 x 1 - 40/39; + 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/30
Naval service: After 1939 both served mainly as TSs.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011