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BAHÍA AGUIRRE troop transports (1950)


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Bahía Aguirre 1978 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Bahía Aguirre B2 16 Halifax SB, Canada   20.5.1949 29.3.1950 sold 10.1987
Bahía Buen Suceso B6 17 Halifax SB, Canada   15.6.1950 6.1950 sunk 21.10.1982
Bahía Thetis B8 18 Halifax SB, Canada   20.5.1949 1950 stricken 2.1974


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

3100

Displacement full, t5000
Length, m

102.5

Breadth, m

14.4

Draught, m

7.93

No of shafts2
Machinery

2 Nordberg TSM-215 diesels

Power, h. p.

3750

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil 355 - 442

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

none

Military load

troops

Electronic equipment 
Complement71


Standard scale images


<i>Bahía Aguirre </i>1970
Bahía Aguirre 1970


Graphics


<i>Bahía Aguirre </i>1978 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Bahía Aguirre 1978 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Troop transports with limited landing capacity.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Bahía Buen Suceso was torpedoed 21.10.1982 by British submarine Onyx off Falklands.

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