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Paysandú 1936 without armament

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Paysandú	A1, 1950s- PR1		CNR, Ancona, Italy		1935	2.1936	stricken 7.1963
Salto	A2, 1950s- PR2, 1970s- GS24, 1976- 14		CNR, Ancona, Italy		1935	2.1936	stricken 3.1999
Río Negro	A3, 1950s- PR3		CNR, Ancona, Italy		1935	2.1936	stricken 11.1969

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	150
Displacement full, t	180
Length, m	41.9
Breadth, m	5.80
Draught, m	1.65
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Germania diesels
Power, h. p.	1000
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	diesel oil 18
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(10)
Armament	as designed and Paysandú as commissioned: 2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80 Río Negro as commissioned: 1 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 6.5/80 Salto as commissioned: 2 x 1 - 20/65 Breda, 1 x 1 - 6.5/80
Complement	51

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Project history

Shallow-draught patrols for coastal and riverine service. They were built in Italy, the Uruguayan flag on all three was raised 10.9.1935, all arrived to Montevideo 9.2.1936. In practice armament varied.

Modernizations

by 1937, all: were armed with 2 x 1 - 76/40 Ansaldo 1917, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 6.5/80

late 1960s, Salto: was armed with 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, radar

Naval service

Salto served more than 63 years.