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Pampanga

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
PG37	Callao (ex-Callao)		Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain)	3/1887	6/1888	1889 // 7.1898	ferry boat YFB11 6.1921
PG39	Pampanga (ex-Pampanga)		Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain)	3/1887	2.1888	1889 // 6.1898	sunk as target 21.11.1928
	Paragua (ex-Paragua)		Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain)	3/1887	1/1888	1889 // 5.1899	stricken 6.1911
PG41	Samar (ex-Samar)		Manila Ship Co, Cavite, Philippines (Spain)	3/1887	11/1887	1888 // 5.1899	sold 1.1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	201
Displacement full, t	243
Length, m	34.8
Breadth, m	5.34
Draught, m	2.03
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VC, 1 cylindrical boiler
Power, h. p.	275
Max speed, kts	Callao, Pampanga, Paragua: 10 Samar: 10.5
Fuel, t	coal 32
Endurance, nm(kts)	1700 (10)
Armament	Callao: 4 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I Pampanga: 1 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III, 3 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II Paragua: 1 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III, 3 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I Samar: 1 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 1 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I
Complement	35

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Ship deign history

Ex-Spanish gunboats, captured in the end of Spanish-American war of 1898. Callao was captured 12.5.1898 in Manila Bay, Pampanga was captured in Manila Bay by US Army in June 1898. Arayat was scuttled by Spanish Navy 29.6.1898 in the Pasig River (Luzon), salvaged by Americans in October 1899 and rebuilt. Samar was captured by US Army at Zamboanga in 1898. Paragua was also captured in 1898.

Modernizations

1918, Callao: - 1 x 1 - 47/40-45, 2 x 1 - 37/40; + 1 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II

1918, Pampanga: - 1 x 1 - 57/50; + 1 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II

Naval service

No significant events.



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