NAVYPEDIA

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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, t	5000
Length, m	102.5
Breadth, m	14.4
Draught, m	7.93
No of shafts	2
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
Complement	71

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Graphics

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.