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CALLAO gunboats

No Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
--- Arayat (ex-Arayat) Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain) 3/1887 4/1888 1889 // 8/1900 stricken 10/1910
PG37 Callao (ex-Callao) Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain) 3/1887 6/1888 1889 // 7/1898 ferry boat YFB11 6/1921
PG39 Pampanga (ex-Pampanga) Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain) 3/1887 2/1888 1889 // 6/1898 sunk as target 21/11/1928
--- Paragua (ex-Paragua) Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain) 3/1887 1/1888 1889 // 5/1899 stricken 6/1911
PG41 Samar (ex-Samar) Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain) 3/1887 11/1887 1888 // 5/1899 sold 1/1921

 

Displacement normal, t

243

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

36.9

Breadth, m

5.43

Draught, m

2.29

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VC, 1 single-ended boiler

Power, h. p.

250

Max speed, kts

Arayat: 9

Callao, Pampanga, Paragua: 10

Samar: 10.5

Fuel, t

coal
Endurance, nm (kts)  

Armament

Arayat: 1 x 1 - 57/(30 - 50) Mk 1 - 10, 3 x 1 - 47/(40 - 50) Mk 1 - 11

Callao: 4 x 1 - 47/(40 - 50) Mk 1 - 11, 2 x 1 - 37/(20 - 50) Mk 1 - 13

Pampanga: 1 x 1 - 57/(30 - 50) Mk 1 - 10, 3 x 1 - 47/(40 - 50) Mk 1 - 11

Paragua: 1 x 1 - 57/(30 - 50) Mk 1 - 10, 3 x 1 - 47/(40 - 50) Mk 1 - 11, 2 x 1 - 37/(20 - 50) Mk 1 - 13

Samar: 1 x 1 - 57/(30 - 50) Mk 1 - 10, 1 x 1 - 47/(40 - 50) Mk 1 - 11, 2 x 1 - 37/(20 - 50) Mk 1 - 13

Complement

30

   

Ship deign history: Ex-Spanish gunboats, captured in the end of Spanish-American war of 1898. Callao was captured 12/5/1898 in Manila Bay, Pampanga was captured in Manila Bay by US Army in June 1898. Arayat was scuttled by Spanish Navy 29/6/1898 in the Pasig River (Luzon), salvaged by Americans in October 1899 and rebuilt. Samar was captured by US Army at Zamboanga in 1898. Paragua was also captured in 1898.

Modernizations: 1918, Callao: - 1 x 1 - 47/(40-50), 2 x 1 - 37/(20-50); + 1 x 1 - 57/(30-50) Mk 1-10

1918, Pampanga: - 1 x 1 - 57/(30-50); + 1 x 1 - 47/(40-50) Mk 1-11

Naval service: No significant events.

Pampanga

 

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