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Elicura 1931

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Elicura (ex-Кулик [Kulik])			Maskin & Brobyggnads, Helsingfors, Finland // White, Cowes, UK	1916	1917	1920	stricken 1957
Leucotón (ex-Стриж [Strizh])			Sandvikens, Helsingfors, Finland // White, Cowes, UK	1916	1917	1920	stricken 1957
Orompello (ex-Бекас [Bekas])			Maskin & Brobyggnads, Helsingfors, Finland // White, Cowes, UK	1916	1917	1920	stricken 1957
Colo Сolo (ex-Чибис [Chibis])			Sandvikens, Helsingfors, Finland // White, Cowes, UK	1916	1917	1920	sold 1930

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	400
Displacement full, t	545
Length, m	52.6
Breadth, m	7.47
Draught, m	3.35 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 3 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	1400
Max speed, kts	14.5
Fuel, t	coal 100
Endurance, nm(kts)	700(14)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/40 EOC N, 50 mines
Complement	42

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Project history

A class of 6 dispatch (patrol) ships was built in Helsinki for Imperial Russian Navy and in 1918 was captured by Finns on slipways. Chibis, Kulik, Strizh, Bekas in 1919 were sold incomplete by Finland to Chile and renamed in Colocolo, Elicura, Leucoton, Orompello; Golub` and Pingvin served under Finnish flag as gunboats Uusimaa and Hämeenmaa. In 1920, after completion, Chilean ships passed to England, where received minelaying equipment on S. White. Ships arrived to Chile 26.10.1920.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.