Churruca class destroyer

Churruca class destroyer
Class overview
Name: Churruca
Builders: SECN, Naval Dockyard, Cartagena.
Operators: España 1875-1931 República Argentina
Preceded by: Parsons turbines.
4 Yarrow boilers
42.000 horsepower (31 MW)
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h)
Range: 5000 nautical miles (9,260 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
3,100 nautixcal miles (4,500 nautical miles) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 160
Armament: (5x1) 120 mm (4.7 in) L45
1x3-inch (76.2-mm) antiaircraft gun
4 machineguns
6x21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x3)
2 depth charge racks
Notes: 240 tons oil fuel

Churruca was a Spanish destroyer class built for the Spanish Navy based on a British design. Eighteen ships were built, two sold to Argentina.

The ships were authorized on 17 February 1915 by Navy Minister Augusto Miranda y Godoy. The program planned for four light cruisers, six destroyers, 28 submarines, three gunboats, and 18 coast guard vessels; of these, five light cruisers, three Spanish Civil War.

Contents

History

The three first ships (Churruca, Alcalá Galiano, and Sánchez Barcáiztegui) were launched between May 1925 and June 1926. When Plus Ultra went to Argentina, she was accompanied by Buenos Aires on 7 February 1926. The Argentine Navy was interested in purchasing Alsedo, and the Spanish government on 25 May 1927 provided credit to buy ships in Spain. Argentina eventually purchased Churruca and Alcalá Galiano, renaming them edit] Spanish Civil War

At the start of the Spanish Civil War, the class served on the government side, and blockaded the Gibraltar Strait. Class members saw some action. Almirante Ferrándiz and Gravina took part in the Battle of Cape Espartel, where Almirante Ferrándiz was sunk by the Spanish cruiser Canarias. Lepanto, Almirante Valdes, Almirante Antequera, Gravina, Jorge Juan, and Escaño participated in the Battle of Cape Cherchell. Lepanto, Sánchez Barcaiztegui, Almirante Miranda and Grafina were engaged in the Battle of Cape Palos, where Lepanto sank the Spanish cruiser Baleares with torpedoes. Ciscar was sunk by aircraft in Gijon harbour, refloated by the rebels, and used by them in the final phases of the war.

One the class, due to her strong resemblance to a British destroyer, was used in an attempt to break the blockade of the Gibraltar Strait and return to the Mediterranean Sea after the fall of the Republican government in the north of Spain in 1938. José Luis Díez, painted with the pennant number of HMS Grenville, was intercepted by Canarias and other ships, and beached herself in Gibraltar.

When the Spanish Civil War ended, the class was turned over to the Nationalists.

The last two ships were commissioned in 1951.

Ships

Name

Launched

Decommissioned

Cause

Notes

edit] Argentinian Navy Service

The Curruca and The Alcalá Galiano were sold to the Argentine Navy while under construction. They were named ARA Cervantes (E1) and ARA Juan de Garay (named after Juan de Garay) respectively. The ships were commissioned on 3rd September 1927 and modernised after World War II. The modernisation involved removing the midships 120mm gun and the 3 inch gun and replacing these weapons with 40mm Bofors guns. The ships were decommissioned in 1961 and 1960 respectively.

References

  • ”Buques de la Guerra Civil Española. Destructores” (Spanish Civil War Ships, destroyers) by Dionisio García Flórez, ISBN 84-932284-7-8. (Spanish)

External links


v · d · e
Churruca-class destroyer

List of ships of the Spanish Navy

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Spanish destroyer Lepanto — Lepanto was a Churruca class destroyer of the Spanish Navy. She took part in the Spanish Civil War on the government side.She is named in honor of Battle of Lepanto.Civil War Lepanto saw a lot of action in during Civil War. She blockaded the… …   Wikipedia

  • Spanish destroyer Sánchez Barcáiztegui — Sánchez Barcáiztegui was a Churruca class destroyer of the Spanish Navy. She took part in the Spanish Civil War on the government side.She is named in honor of Victoriano Sánchez Barcáiztegui, a Spanish Navy Teniente de Navío (lieutenant) who… …   Wikipedia

  • Spanish destroyer Almirante Ferrándiz — Almirante Ferrándiz was a Churruca class destroyer in the Spanish Navy. She took part in the Spanish Civil War on the government side.She is named in honor of José Ferrándiz y Niño, a Spanish Admiral and former Navy Minister.History Almirante… …   Wikipedia

  • List of destroyer classes — This is a list of destroyer classes. = Argentina (Armada de la República Argentina) = * Catamarca class mdash; 4 ships (1912) * Cervantes class mdash; 2 ships (1927, spanish Churruca class) * Mendoza class mdash; 3 ships (1929) * Buenos Aires… …   Wikipedia

  • Thornycroft type leader — The Thornycroft type leader or Shakespeare class were a class of five destroyer leaders designed by John I. Thornycroft Company and built by them at Woolston, Southampton for the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I. They were named after… …   Wikipedia

  • USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711) — For other ships of the same name, see USS Eugene A. Greene. Career (USA) …   Wikipedia

  • D61 — may refer to : HMAS Swan (D61), a 1915 Royal Australian Navy River class torpedo boat destroyer HMS Calypso (D61), a 1917 British Royal Navy C class cruiser HMS Ilex (D61), a 1937 British Royal Navy I class destroyer INS Delhi (D61), a 1995… …   Wikipedia

  • Clase Mendoza — El Mendoza en 1932 País productor …   Wikipedia Español

  • USS Eugene A. Greene — The United States Navy has assigned the name USS Eugene A. Greene to two ships, in honor of Ensign Eugene A. Greene (1921–1942), who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism in the Battle of Midway.* The first, Eugene A. Greene (DE …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”