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CERVANTES destroyers (1927)


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Juan de Garay 1928

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Cervantes (ex-Churucca) C, E1, 1940- T1, 1952- D1   La Carraca, Cartagena, Spain   26.6.1925 9.1927 stricken 6.1961
Juan de Garay (ex-Alcalá Galiano) JG, E2, 1940- T2, 1952- D2   La Carraca, Cartagena, Spain   2.11.1925 9.1927 stricken 3.1960


Technical data


Displacement standard, t1536
Displacement full, t2087
Length, m

97.5 pp 101.5 oa

Breadth, m

9.65

Draught, m

3.65 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

42000

Max speed, kts

36

Fuel, t

oil 540

Endurance, nm(kts)4500(12)
Armament

5 x 1 - 120/45 Vickers-Armstrong Mk D, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Vickers Mk SS, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCR(8)

Complement

175



Standard scale images


<i>Cervantes </i>1930
Cervantes 1930


Graphics


<i>Juan de Garay</i> 1928
Juan de Garay 1928
<i>Cervantes </i>1952
Cervantes 1952


Project history

Former Spanish destroyers Churucca and Alcalá Galiano, sold to Argentina 10.6.1926 under construction. As a compliment for the former mother country they received names in honour of eminent Spaniards. On 4hr trials Cervantes shown 37.64kts overage speed, and made maximally 39.76kts.

Since 1952 ships were rated as destroyer escorts.

Modernizations

late 1940s, both: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, 1 x 1 - 76/45, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87; + 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1

Naval service

All ships were stricken 10.1.1956 and BU in 1959-1960. Juan de Garay was used for training in 1952-1959.