Английская Википедия:Guadiana-class destroyer
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship class overviewШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsThe Guadiana class was a class of four destroyers employed by the Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) between 1913 and 1942. This class is often alternatively referred as the Douro class.
Note, that, in Portugal, there is a later Douro class of destroyers used by the Portuguese Navy between 1933 and 1967, usually referred to as the Vouga class.
Design
The Portuguese Navy had struggled to secure funding for new ships after the 1890s, when a number of protected cruisers and smaller craft had been built. The navy nevertheless made repeated attempts for ambitious construction programs. After the toppling of the Portuguese monarchy in 1910, the navy submitted another large construction plan in 1912, which the new republican government passed (and then reduced in scope in 1913). The revised plan called for two new cruisers, six destroyers, and three submarines; the Guadiana class of four destroyers comprised a significant part of the program.Шаблон:Sfn
The design for the new ships was prepared by Yarrow Shipbuilders,Шаблон:Sfn and it was very similar to the Шаблон:Sclasss that Yarrow had recently built for the Brazilian Navy. The chief difference was the substitution of steam turbines for older triple-expansion steam engines. The Yarrow designers considered the use of mixed coal and fuel oil firing for the ships' boilers, but decided against it owing to the uncertain availability of oil at the time and coal was readily available.Шаблон:Sfn
Characteristics
The ships of the Guadiana class were Шаблон:Cvt long, with a beam of Шаблон:Cvt and a draft of Шаблон:Cvt. They displaced Шаблон:Cvt standard and up to Шаблон:Cvt at full load. The superstructure consisted of a small conning tower forward and a smaller, secondary conning position further aft. Each ship carried a single pole mast directly aft of the main conning tower. The ships had straight stem and a short forecastle deck that terminated forward of the conning tower. According to Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, each vessel had a crew of 80 officers and enlisted men,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn but the contemporary Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers provides a total complement of 72, 5 of whom were officers.Шаблон:Sfn
The ships were powered by two Parsons steam turbines driving three screw propellers, with a high-pressure turbine on the center shaft and two lower pressure turbines, along with reverse turbines on the outer shafts.Шаблон:Sfn Steam was provided by three Yarrow water-tube boilers that were vented through individual funnels. The engines were rated to produce Шаблон:Convert for a top speed of Шаблон:Convert. At a more economical speed of Шаблон:Convert, the ships could cruise for Шаблон:Convert. The ships had a coal storage capacity of Шаблон:Cvt.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
The ships carried an armament that consisted of a single Шаблон:Cvt gun and two Шаблон:Cvt guns, along with four Шаблон:Cvt torpedo tubes. The 102 mm gun was placed on the forecastle and the 76 mm guns were mounted on the centerline further aft, one between the first and second funnel and the other gun further aft. All three guns were placed on elevated platforms to give them better fields of fire. The torpedo tubes were in twin mounts, also on the centerline, one aft of the third funnel and the other at the stern.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The guns were supplied by the Elswick Ordnance Company in the UK.Шаблон:Sfn
Ships
| Ship name | Hull code | Builder | Commissioned | Fate |
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| Шаблон:Ship | D | Lisbon Shipyard | 6 June 1913 | Discarded 23 June 1927 |
| Шаблон:Ship | T | Lisbon Shipyard | 19 August 1924 | Discarded 2 September 1942 |
| Шаблон:Ship | G | Lisbon Shipyard | 10 May 1915 | Discarded 4 January 1936 |
| Шаблон:Ship | V | Lisbon Shipyard | 31 December 1920 | Sunk 16 May 1931 |
Service history
The first two ships of the class, together with NRP Шаблон:Ship constituted the Portuguese destroyer force during World War I.
NRP Vouga sank in 1931, during the amphibious operation to suppress a military rebellion on the island of Madeira.
From 1933, the ships were replaced by the five destroyers of the Шаблон:Sclass.
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