José Canalejas 1920
Dato 1937
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, 1930- Cánovas del Castillo | SECN, Cartagena | 2/1921 | 21/1/1922 | 12/1923 | stricken 12/1959 | |
| José Canalejas, 1930- Canalejas | SECN, Cartagena | 6/1921 | 1/12/1922 | 9/1924 | stricken 9/1951 | |
| Eduardo Dato, 1930- Dato | SECN, Cartagena | 4/1922 | 10/7/1923 | 5/1925 | stricken 7/1953 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1314 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1335 |
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Length, m |
76.6 wl 77.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.42 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
1700 |
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Max speed, kts |
15 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 324 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6500(10.5) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 102/45 Vickers Mk LA, 2 x 1 - 47/50 Vickers |
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Complement |
132 |
Ship project history: Ships were built under the law from 17/2/1915 as increased variant of Recalde. In 1920s names José Canaleas and Eduardo Dato have been shrunk, though official commands on it did not go out.
Modernizations: (8/1936-2/1937), Dato; (2-9/1937), Cánovas del Castillo; (8/1937-1/1938), Dato: stem was reconstructed as straight, superstructure was rebuilt, all guns were installed on centre line and received shields; - 2 x 1 - 47/50; + 2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Scotti-Isotta Fraschini 1939.
1940s, all: - 2 x 1 - 76/40, 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 47/50 Vickers, 3 x 1 - 20/65 C/38.
Naval service: At beginning of Civil war Cánovas del Castillo, Eduardo Dato and José Canalejas were transferred under control of Nationalists. Eduardo Dato at Algeciras 7/8/1936 was sunk by gunfire of republican battleship Jaime I. She was salvaged in the same month and passed repair in Cadiz with full modernization till February, 1937. Two sister-ships were modernized later similarly. In 1958 last survived ship was re-classified as frigate.
Eduardo Dato 1925
Dato 1948
© Ivan Gogin, 2011