C-01 Mendez Núñez

Country:  Spain

Class, [Type]: Blas de Lezo, [CL].

Builder: S.E.C.N, El Ferrol, Spain.

Launch date: 27 July 1922.

Commission date: 30 August 1924.

Decommission date: 02 August 1963.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.780 standard, 6.045 full load. After the modernization 4.680 standard, 6.330 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 140,2 x 14,02 x 7

Main machinery: 12 x Yarrow boilers ( 6 x coal, 6 x fuel ) ( 43.000 hp ), after the modernization process all coal boilers were converted to use fuel instead.

Speed ( knots ): 29.

Range ( miles ): 5.000 at 13 knots.

Complement: 320, after being modernised 467.

Guns: 6 x Vickers 152mm/50, 4 x 47mm/50, 4 x machine guns,1 x 76mm. After being modernised 8 x 120mm/45 "F" type, 8 x 37mm (4x2), 16 x 20mm. Flak 38 (4x4).

Torpedoes: 12 x 533mm. Tubes ( four triple mounts ), after the modernization 6 x 533mm tubes ( two triple mounts ).

A/S Mortars: 2 x mortars, 1 x depth charges rack.

Military lift: 806 tm coal, 726 tm fuel.

Radar: 1 x Decca, installed in 1950; Fire Control: Hazemeyer, added during the modernization process.

Comment: Ex - Blas de Lezo.

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