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I6 1930s

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
I1, 4.1938- MNF525			CEC, Bilbao		1923	1923	sold 1957/59
I2			CEC, Bilbao		1923	1923	sold 1959/59
I3, 7.1938- V33, 1939- I3			CEC, Bilbao		1923	1923	sold 1956
I4			CEC, Bilbao		1923	1923	sold 1957/59
I5			CEC, Bilbao		1923	1923	sunk 6.10.1936
I6, 7.1938- V34, 1939- I6			CEC, Bilbao		1923	1923	sunk 1957/59

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	128
Length, m	33.5
Breadth, m	2.60
Draught, m	1.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	600
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2000(10)
Armament	since 1936: 1 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt or 1 x 1 - 47/50 Vickers, 1 x 1 - 7.7/87
Complement

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Project history

Largest and perfect patrol boats of "Tabacalera" of "inspector" type.

Modernizations

All boats were armed only in 1936.

Naval service

After the beginning of Civil war I1 remained at disposal of carabinieres, remaining five were transferred to Republican fleet. I5 was sunk 6.10.1936 in strait of Gibraltar by Nationalists cruiser Almirante Cervera. I2 and I4 were scuttled at fall of Malaga 7.2.1937, salvaged by Nationalists and in April, 1937 were commissioned by them as minesweepers. I1 in April, 1938 was transferred to carabinieres and renamed MNF525. In January-February, 1939 all three escaped Republican ships left Catalonia to France where they were interned, later all were returned to Spain. In 1939 all survived ships were returned to Tobacco Monopoly. In 1940 I2, 4 and I6 were again mobilized and served under Naval flag till 1947-1948. I4 foundered at Ribadeo 9.6.1957, but later she was salvaged.