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G21 1935

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
G20			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1934	1935	stricken 1954
G21			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1934	1935	stricken 1954
G22			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1934	1935	stricken 1956
G23			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1935	1936	stricken 1954
G24			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1935	1936	lost 1946
G25			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1935	1936	stricken 1956
G26			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1935	1936	stricken 1954
G27			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1935	1936	stricken 1954
G28			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1935	1936	stricken 1966
G29			Euskalduna de Construccion, Bilbao, Spain		1935	1936	stricken 1955

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	130
Displacement full, t	180
Length, m	45.0 pp 46.6 wl
Breadth, m	5.03
Draught, m	1.59
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 MAN diesels
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	26
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 2 - 25/60 Hotchkiss, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76
Complement	21

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Project history

A class from 10 fast small coastal patrols was ordered in 1932. Project was developed in the Great Britain, but ships were built in Spain. A class was shared between flotillas of Pacific ocean (ships with odd numbers) and Caribbean sea (even numbers). Ships had forecastle and "torpedo boat" streamlines. After introduction of Mexico into WWII all ships passed modernization in the USA, however stability after that fallen to critical mark.

Modernizations

1942, all: - 1 x 2 - 25/60, 2 x 2 - 13.2/76; + 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 DCT

Naval service

G24 was lost in 1946 as result of navigational accident.