Bidasoa 1954
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Bidasoa | M01 | SECN, Cartagena | 12/1942 | 15/9/1943 | 4/1946 | stricken 11/1973 |
| Nervión | M02 | SECN, Cartagena | 12/1942 | 15/4/1944 | 9/1946 | stricken 7/1972 |
| Lérez | M03 | SECN, Cartagena | 12/1942 | 21/12/1944 | 2/1947 | stricken 6/1971 |
| Tambre | M04 | SECN, Cartagena | 6/1943 | 18/10/1944 | 8/1946 | stricken 5/1973 |
| Guadalete | SECN, Cartagena | 6/1943 | 18/10/1944 | 12/1946 | foundered 25/3/1954 | |
| Segura | M05 | SECN, Cartagena | 5/1946 | 6/10/1948 | 12/1949 | stricken 11/1973 |
| Ter | M06 | SECN, Cartagena | 5/1946 | 18/2/1948 | 7/1948 | stricken 10/1972 |
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Displacement standard, t |
585 |
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Displacement full, t |
748 |
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Length, m |
57.6 pp 61.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
8.50 |
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Draught, m |
2.64 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE with exhaust steam turbines, 2 boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2400 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 150 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 88/45 SK C/35 or 1 x 1 - 102/45 Vickers Mk LA, 1 x 1 - 37/83 SK C/30, 2 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 DCR(12), sweeps |
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Complement |
90 |
Ship project history: Built under drawings of German minesweepers of M1940 type, gained in 1940. Modified Spanish project was designated as No6 or DG-41m. Ships were ordered 30/5/1941. They differed by poor construction quality and bad seaworthiness, really they were outfitted till mid-1950s. Partly ships received old Spanish 102mm/45 guns removed from stricken ships. Whereas Germans till 1945 had not time to deliver modern sweeps to Spain, Bidasoa class ships practically had no possibilities on sweeping non-contact mines. They were used basically as patrols.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Guadalete was foundered during a storm at Ceuta 25/3/1954.
Guadalete 1953
© Ivan Gogin, 2011