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Pêro Escobar 1973  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Pêro Escobar	F335		CN di Castellamare di Stabia	7.1.1955	25.9.1955	30.6.1957	discarded 1975

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1250
Displacement full, t	1600
Length, m	93.5 wl 98.0 oa
Breadth, m	10.9
Draught, m	3.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Ansaldo-Genova geared steam turbines, 2 Ansaldo-Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	24500
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	2800(13.5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/62 SMP3, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda type 64, 1 x 3 - 533 TT
Electronic equipment	MLN-1A radar, QCU-2 sonar
Complement	165

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Project history

Pêro Escobar had the same basic hull and machinery as the Italian designed Venezuelan Almirante Clemente class, but had a considerably lighter armament to reduce topweight.

Modernizations

1969: new armament and sensors consisted of 2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid ASWRL; MLT-3A, MLA-1B radars, SQS-29 sonar

Naval service

No significant events.