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Virgen de la Caridad

Virgen de la Caridad

Country: Spain Spain

Class, [Type]: Hunt/Aberdare, [MSO].

Builder: William Simons & Co., Renfrew, Scotland.

Launch date: 19 August 1919.

Commission date: 12 June 1940.

Decommission date: 13 December 1952.

Displacement ( tons ): 1.094 at full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 70,5 x 8,77 x 2,92

Main machinery: 2 x vertical triple expansion alternative engines ( 1.600 hp ), 2 x Yarrow boilers, 2 x props.

Speed ( knots ): 13,2.

Range ( miles ): 3.932 at 6,6 knots.

Complement: 86 - 97.

Guns: 3 x 101,6mm, 2 x 20mm.

Military lift: 213tm coal.

Comment: Ex - HMS Ventor, Ex - HMS Verwood, Ex - HMS Crozier, Ex - HMSAS Protea, Ex - Queen of the Bay, Ex - Capitán de Corbeta Verdía.

Homeport: FERROL.