Recalde 1914
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Recalde | SECN, Cartagena | 1909 | 31/12/1910 | 1911 | discarded 1931 | |
| Laya | SECN, Cartagena | 11/1909 | 3/8/1911 | 12/1911 | sunk 15/6/1938 | |
| Bonifaz | SECN, Cartagena | 1910 | 1911 | 1911 | discarded 1931 | |
| Lauria | SECN, Cartagena | 12/1910 | 3/4/1912 | 8/1912 | stricken 5/1940 |
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Displacement normal, t |
787 |
|
Displacement full, t |
811 |
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Length, m |
65.5 |
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Breadth, m |
9.14 |
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Draught, m |
2.98 max |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 160 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 76/50 Vickers Mk TR |
|
Complement |
130 |
Ship project history: Four ships of this class were built for colonial service under the law from 7/1/1908. Weak unsuccessful ships with low stability, used basically as patrols.
Modernizations: 1937, Laya: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Naval service: After beginning of Civil war Laya at Tangiers was transferred under Republican control. Gunboat was sunk by aircraft of Nationalists at Valencia 15/6/1938. She was salvaged 28/2/1940, stricken 13/3/1940 and sold for scrap. Lauria was captured by troops of Nationalists at Cadiz 21/7/1936 and commissioned by them. 8/5/1940 Lauria was stricken and converted to a hulk at Cartagena.
Recalde
© Ivan Gogin, 2011