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20 de Julio 1975

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
20 de Julio (Veinte de Julio)	D05		Kockums, Malmö, Sweden	10.1955	26.6.1956	15.6.1958	discarded 1984
7 de Agosto (Siete de Agosto) (ex-3 de Junio (Trece de Junio))	D06		Götaverken, Göteborg, Sweden	11.1955	19.6.1956	31.10.1958	discarded 1986

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2650
Displacement full, t	3300
Length, m	121.1
Breadth, m	12.4
Draught, m	4.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets De Laval double geared steam turbines, 2 Penhoët boilers
Power, h. p.	55000
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	oil 524
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(18)
Armament	3 x 2 - 120/50 M50, 4 x 1 - 40/70 M48, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 1 x 4 - 375 M50 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	LW-03/SGR-114, DA-02/SGR-105, 6x M45 radars, sonar
Complement	248

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Project history

Ordered in 1954, these units were modified Halland class destroyers. They mourned a different armament, more electronics, and different interior arrangements than their near sisters in Sweden. Dutch electronics, with M4 type radar directors for gun armament. 2 x 6 - 103 RFLs on 120mm turrets.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.