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Juan de Garay 1928

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Cervantes (ex-Churucca)	C, E1, 1940- T1, 1952- D1		La Carraca, Cartagena, Spain		26.6.1925	9.1927	stricken 6.1961
Juan de Garay (ex-Alcalá Galiano)	JG, E2, 1940- T2, 1952- D2		La Carraca, Cartagena, Spain		2.11.1925	9.1927	stricken 3.1960

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1536
Displacement full, t	2087
Length, m	97.5 pp 101.5 oa
Breadth, m	9.65
Draught, m	3.65 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers
Power, h. p.	42000
Max speed, kts	36
Fuel, t	oil 540
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(12)
Armament	5 x 1 - 120/45 Vickers-Armstrong Mk D, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Vickers Mk SS, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCR(8)
Complement	175

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Project history

Former Spanish destroyers Churucca and Alcalá Galiano, sold to Argentina 10.6.1926 under construction. As a compliment for the former mother country they received names in honour of eminent Spaniards. On 4hr trials Cervantes shown 37.64kts overage speed, and made maximally 39.76kts.

Since 1952 ships were rated as destroyer escorts.

Modernizations

late 1940s, both: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, 1 x 1 - 76/45, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87; + 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1

Naval service

All ships were stricken 10.1.1956 and BU in 1959-1960. Juan de Garay was used for training in 1952-1959.