NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Patagonia		209	STT, San Rocco, Austria-Hungary	1885	1886	2.1887	survey ship 1909

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1450
Displacement full, t	1530
Length, m	64.9 pp
Breadth, m	9.98
Draught, m	3.91 mean
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HC, 2 cylindrical boyers
Power, h. p.	2730
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	coal 350
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(10)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 32, shield: 102, CT: 38
Armament	1 x 1 - 254/33 Armstrong 27.5-t BLR, 3 x 1 - 152/31 Armstrong K, 4 x 1 - 76/26 9pdr Armstrong BL
Complement	140

Standard scale images

Project history

Steel-hulled, wood- and copper-sheathed hull with ram bow, flush deck and low freeboard.

Ship protection

Protective deck ran the length of the ship.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

In 1909 Patagonia was reconstructed as survey vessel armed with 1 152/40mm, 1 120/40mm and 8 76/40mm guns. In 1919 she was rebuilt and fitted with 500hp oil-fired machinery, ship carried 263t of oil and made 10kts maximum.

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