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Mariscal Sucre 1933

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Mariscal Sucre (ex-Isla de Cuba)			Armstrong, Newcastle, UK	3.1886	11.12.1886	1887 // 4.1912	gunnery drill hulk 1929, sunk as target 22.1.1952

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1030
Displacement full, t
Length, m	56.1 pp 58.6 oa
Breadth, m	8.87
Draught, m	3.84 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HTE, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	1897 natural, 2627 forced draught
Max speed, kts	14.2 natural, 15.9 forced draught
Fuel, t	coal 160
Endurance, nm(kts)	2640(10)
Armament	2 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 2 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III, 6 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder
Military load	300 troops
Complement	92

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Project history

Former Spanish protected cruiser Isla de Cuba, sunk 1.5.1898 in battle at Cavite. She was salvaged by the United States and after repair and re-arming commissioned by US Navy under former name. Ship was bought by Venezuela 2.4.1912 as an element of naval reform, undertaken by the Government of General Gomez. Ship was converted to military transport, capable to carry up to 300 troops and armed with 2 102mm, 2 57mm and 6 47mm guns; by the end of WWI she can make no more than 10kts.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

For a peace time she was transferred to naval school. Ship was discarded from fleet list in 1929 and converted to non-self-propelled gunnery drill ship. During Second World War she was used as floating battery at island Las-Aves, fulfilling also a role of a headquarters vessel.