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PATAGONIA protected cruiser (1887)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Patagonia   209 STT, San Rocco, Austria-Hungary 1885 1886 2.1887 survey ship 1909


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

1450

Displacement full, t

1530

Length, m

64.9 pp

Breadth, m

9.98

Draught, m

3.91 mean

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HC, 2 cylindrical boyers

Power, h. p.

2730

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

coal 350

Endurance, nm(kts)3500(10)
Armour, mm

steel; deck: 32, shield: 102, CT: 38

Armament

1 x 1 - 254/33 Armstrong 27.5-t BLR, 3 x 1 - 152/31 Armstrong K, 4 x 1 - 76/26 9pdr Armstrong BL

Complement

140



Standard scale images


<i>Patagonia</i> 1887
Patagonia 1887


Project history

Steel-hulled, wood- and copper-sheathed hull with ram bow, flush deck and low freeboard.

Ship protection

Protective deck ran the length of the ship.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1909 Patagonia was reconstructed as survey vessel armed with 1 152/40mm, 1 120/40mm and 8 76/40mm guns. In 1919 she was rebuilt and fitted with 500hp oil-fired machinery, ship carried 263t of oil and made 10kts maximum.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.