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Pre-dreadnoughts

Cartegenia (ex Brazilian Dedoro, purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1941
Mariscal (ex Brazilian Floriano, purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1941

Cruisers
CL Francisco de Miranda (ex-Ministro Zentento) Scrapped in 1940
CL Atanasio Gerardot (ex-Presidente Errazuriz) Scrapped in 1941
CL Domingo Caycedo (ex-Blanco Encalado) Scrapped in 1941

Armoured cruisers
AC Cali (ex U.S.S. Columbia, purchased 1919, refitted 1920) Scrapped in 1941
AC Medellin (ex U.S.S. Minneapolis, purchased 1919, refitted 1921) Scrapped in 1942


Torpedo boats

TB Riohacha (ex U.S.S. Smith DD 17, Purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1940
TB Monteria (ex U.S.S. Lamson DD 18, Purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1941
TB Buenaventura (ex U.S.S. Preston DD 19, Purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1940
TB Santa Marta (ex U.S.S. Flusser DD 20, Purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1941
TB Solidad (ex U.S.S. Reid DD 21, Purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1941

Gunboats

GB Chercinto (scrapped)
GB 1-12 class (12 ships) sold into merchant service


River Gunboats

General Nerino and Esperanza

Cartegenia class Pred-dreadnought

Cartegenia (ex Brazilian Dedoro, purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1942
Mariscal (ex Brazilian Floriano, purchased 1920) Scrapped in 1942

Coast Defense Battleships laid down 1896 (Engine 1923) (As simmed by Swampy) re-classed as Coastal defence ships

Displacement:
2,824 t light; 2,972 t standard; 3,163 t normal; 3,315 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
270.00 ft / 270.00 ft x 48.00 ft x 13.00 ft (normal load)
82.30 m / 82.30 m x 14.63 m x 3.96 m

Armament:
2 - 9.45" / 240 mm guns in single mounts, 380.00lbs / 172.37kg shells, 1896 Model
Breech loading guns in turrets (on barbettes)
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 4.72" / 120 mm guns in single mounts, 45.00lbs / 20.41kg shells, 1896 Model
Breech loading guns in casemate mounts
on side ends, evenly spread
2 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.00lbs / 5.90kg shells, 1923 Model
Anti-aircraft guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships, all raised mounts - superfiring

Weight of broadside 966 lbs / 438 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Belts: Width (max) Length (avg) Height (avg)
Main: 13.8" / 349 mm 133.75 ft / 40.77 m 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Ends: 4.00" / 102 mm 133.75 ft / 40.77 m 8.31 ft / 2.53 m
2.50 ft / 0.76 m Unarmoured ends
Main Belt covers 76 % of normal length

- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 8.00" / 203 mm 3.00" / 76 mm 8.00" / 203 mm
2nd: 3.00" / 76 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.50" / 38 mm, Conning tower: 5.00" / 127 mm

Machinery:
Oil fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 3,400 ihp / 2,537 Kw = 15.25 kts
Range 5,000nm at 10.00 kts (Bunkerage = 343 tons)

Complement:
210 - 274

Cost:
£0.240 million / $0.960 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 135 tons, 4.3 %
Armour: 1,376 tons, 43.5 %
- Belts: 871 tons, 27.5 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 204 tons, 6.5 %
- Armour Deck: 277 tons, 8.8 %
- Conning Tower: 23 tons, 0.7 %
Machinery: 198 tons, 6.2 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,091 tons, 34.5 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 338 tons, 10.7 %
Miscellaneous weights: 25 tons, 0.8 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
6,338 lbs / 2,875 Kg = 15.0 x 9.4 " / 240 mm shells or 2.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.22
Metacentric height 2.4 ft / 0.7 m
Roll period: 13.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.36
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.35

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.657
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.63 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 16.43 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 48 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 52
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Forecastle (10 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Mid (20 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Quarterdeck (20 %): 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Stern: 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
- Average freeboard: 11.00 ft / 3.35 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 54.8 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 99.7 %
Waterplane Area: 9,992 Square feet or 928 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 110 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 80 lbs/sq ft or 392 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.95
- Longitudinal: 1.77
- Overall: 1.01
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is excellent
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Ministro Zentento class (SS 2.0.1 edition)

CL Francisco de Miranda (ex-Ministro Zentento)
CL Atanasio Gerardot (ex-Presidente Errazuriz)
CL Domingo Caycedo (ex-Blanco Encalado)

Colombian (ex-Chilean) Light Cruiser/Leader laid down 1909 (Engine 190 - (Nordmark Falun-class) purchased from Chile in 1936, scrapped in 1941/42

Displacement:
5,132 t light; 5,271 t standard; 5,551 t normal; 5,752 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
446.00 ft / 446.00 ft x 49.50 ft x 16.00 ft (normal load)
135.94 m / 135.94 m x 15.09 m x 4.88 m

Armament:
8 - 4.30" / 109 mm guns in single mounts, 39.75lbs / 18.03kg shells, 1909 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 1.90" / 48.3 mm guns in single mounts, 3.43lbs / 1.56kg shells, 1909 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
Weight of broadside 332 lbs / 150 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
2 - 21.0" / 533.4 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 0.50" / 13 mm - -
2nd: 0.50" / 13 mm - -

- Armour deck: 1.00" / 25 mm, Conning tower: 4.00" / 102 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 34,521 ihp / 25,752 Kw = 27.00 kts
Range 3,000nm at 10.00 kts (Bunkerage = 504 tons)

Complement:
321 - 418

Cost:
£0.654 million / $2.615 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 41 tons, 0.7 %
Armour: 315 tons, 5.7 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 11 tons, 0.2 %
- Armour Deck: 276 tons, 5.0 %
- Conning Tower: 27 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 3,138 tons, 56.5 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 1,622 tons, 29.2 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 419 tons, 7.5 %
Miscellaneous weights: 15 tons, 0.3 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,708 lbs / 775 Kg = 43.0 x 4.3 " / 109 mm shells or 0.4 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.33
Metacentric height 2.9 ft / 0.9 m
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 100 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.08
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.13

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.550
Length to Beam Ratio: 9.01 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 21.12 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 57 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 89
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.50 ft / 7.16 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.50 ft / 5.03 m
- Mid (50 %): 13.25 ft / 4.04 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Stern: 12.00 ft / 3.66 m
- Average freeboard: 14.54 ft / 4.43 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 195.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 121.2 %
Waterplane Area: 14,943 Square feet or 1,388 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 80 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 70 lbs/sq ft or 340 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.00
- Longitudinal: 1.17
- Overall: 1.01
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform

AC Cali (ex U.S.S. Columbia, sold 1919, refitted 1920)
AC Medellin (ex U.S.S. Minneapolis, sold 1919, refitted 1921)

Cali (ex Colombia), Colombian Armoured Cruiser laid down 1893, scrapped in 1942

Displacement:
7,142 t light; 7,382 t standard; 8,926 t normal; 10,162 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
411.50 ft / 411.50 ft x 58.25 ft x 24.50 ft (normal load)
125.43 m / 125.43 m x 17.75 m x 7.47 m

Armament:
3 - 6.00" / 152 mm guns in single mounts, 108.00lbs / 48.99kg shells, 1893 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts with hoists
on side, evenly spread
Aft Main mounts separated by engine room
8 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1893 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
12 - 2.24" / 56.9 mm guns in single mounts, 5.62lbs / 2.55kg shells, 1893 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
4 - 1.10" / 27.9 mm guns in single mounts, 0.67lbs / 0.30kg shells, 1893 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 650 lbs / 295 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
4 - 14.0" / 355.6 mm submerged torpedo tubes

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 4.00" / 102 mm - -

- Armour deck: 4.00" / 102 mm, Conning tower: 5.00" / 127 mm

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 3 shafts, 17,843 ihp / 13,311 Kw = 21.00 kts
Range 4,200nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 2,779 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
458 - 596

Cost:
£0.756 million / $3.026 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 81 tons, 0.9 %
Armour: 1,306 tons, 14.6 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 42 tons, 0.5 %
- Armour Deck: 1,217 tons, 13.6 %
- Conning Tower: 46 tons, 0.5 %
Machinery: 3,130 tons, 35.1 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 2,624 tons, 29.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 1,785 tons, 20.0 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
7,189 lbs / 3,261 Kg = 66.6 x 6.0 " / 152 mm shells or 1.0 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.60
Metacentric height 4.9 ft / 1.5 m
Roll period: 11.1 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.12
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 2.00

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.532
Length to Beam Ratio: 7.06 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 20.29 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 50 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 35
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 0.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 23.00 ft / 7.01 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Mid (50 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Stern: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
- Average freeboard: 20.24 ft / 6.17 m

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 126.9 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 136.8 %
Waterplane Area: 16,449 Square feet or 1,528 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 109 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 92 lbs/sq ft or 451 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.92
- Longitudinal: 2.77
- Overall: 1.03
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is excellent
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather

""Riohacha class destroyers
re-classed as Torpedo boats

The Riohacha class torpedo boats are ex-American early four stacker destroyers purchased in 1920. Buenaventura was taken out of service in 1936 to free up her name for a new CLAA being built. She was then striken in 1941 and scrapped along with her sister ships. Scrapping completed in 1942

Riohacha (ex U.S.S. Smith DD 17, Purchased 1920)
Monteria (ex U.S.S. Lamson DD 18, Purchased 1920)
Santa Marta (ex U.S.S. Flusser DD 20, Purchased 1920)
Soledad (ex U.S.S. Reid DD 21, Purchased 1920)
Buenaventura (ex U.S.S. Preston DD 19, Purchased 1920, taken out of service in 1936, renamed TB-1 and placed in reserve.

Displacement:
855 t light; 883 t standard; 1,099 t normal; 1,272 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
294.50 ft / 293.10 ft x 26.40 ft x 11.00 ft (normal load)
89.76 m / 89.34 m x 8.05 m x 3.35 m

Armament:
5 - 3.00" / 76.2 mm guns in single mounts, 13.50lbs / 6.12kg shells, 1908 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, majority forward
Weight of broadside 68 lbs / 31 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150
3 - 18.0" / 457.2 mm above water torpedoes

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, steam turbines,
Direct drive, 3 shafts, 16,761 shp / 12,504 Kw = 28.15 kts
Range 2,400nm at 15.00 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 389 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
95 - 124

Cost:
£0.121 million / $0.484 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 8 tons, 0.8 %
Machinery: 600 tons, 54.6 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 247 tons, 22.4 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 244 tons, 22.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 0 tons, 0.0 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
295 lbs / 134 Kg = 21.9 x 3.0 " / 76 mm shells or 0.2 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.72
Metacentric height 1.7 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 8.6 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 70 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.08
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.21

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has a flush deck
Block coefficient: 0.452
Length to Beam Ratio: 11.10 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 17.12 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 63 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 58
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 5.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
- Mid (50 %): 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
- Stern: 9.00 ft / 2.74 m
- Average freeboard: 11.45 ft / 3.49 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 182.2 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 84.6 %
Waterplane Area: 4,944 Square feet or 459 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 57 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 24 lbs/sq ft or 119 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 0.52
- Longitudinal: 1.49
- Overall: 0.58
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is cramped
Room for accommodation and workspaces is cramped
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Good seaboat, rides out heavy weather easily

Gunboats

GB Chercinto

643 tons, 185x31x12, 12 knots, scrapped 1935

GB Almerante Lezo, Scrapped
GB Bolivar, Scrapped
GB General Pinzon, Scrapped

RGB Esperanza , RGB General Nerino (U.S. built, stern wheelers, 140x9x3, 3 MG, 430 HP for 15 knots) Scrapped

GB 1-12 class 1905 (Ex Atlantean)
12 ships, Sold to Colombia

GB 1 class, Atlantean Gunboat laid down 1905, sold to Colombia 1935

Displacement:
745 t light; 768 t standard; 848 t normal; 913 t full load

Dimensions: Length overall / water x beam x draught
190.64 ft / 188.00 ft x 32.00 ft x 10.50 ft (normal load)
58.11 m / 57.30 m x 9.75 m x 3.20 m

Armament:
2 - 4.00" / 102 mm guns in single mounts, 32.00lbs / 14.51kg shells, 1905 Model
Breech loading guns in deck mounts
on centreline ends, evenly spread
4 - 1.00" / 25 mm guns in single mounts, 0.50lbs / 0.23kg shells, 1905 Model
Quick firing guns in deck mounts
on side, all amidships
4 - 0.79" / 20.0 mm guns in single mounts, 0.24lbs / 0.11kg shells, 1905 Model
Machine guns in deck mounts
on side, evenly spread
Weight of broadside 67 lbs / 30 kg
Shells per gun, main battery: 150

Armour:
- Gun armour: Face (max) Other gunhouse (avg) Barbette/hoist (max)
Main: 1.00" / 25 mm 0.79" / 20 mm -

Machinery:
Coal fired boilers, complex reciprocating steam engines,
Direct drive, 2 shafts, 1,600 ihp / 1,193 Kw = 15.33 kts
Range 6,000nm at 7.15 kts
Bunker at max displacement = 145 tons (100% coal)

Complement:
78 - 102

Cost:
£0.066 million / $0.262 million

Distribution of weights at normal displacement:
Armament: 8 tons, 1.0 %
Armour: 5 tons, 0.6 %
- Belts: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Torpedo bulkhead: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Armament: 5 tons, 0.6 %
- Armour Deck: 0 tons, 0.0 %
- Conning Tower: 0 tons, 0.0 %
Machinery: 232 tons, 27.3 %
Hull, fittings & equipment: 489 tons, 57.7 %
Fuel, ammunition & stores: 103 tons, 12.2 %
Miscellaneous weights: 10 tons, 1.2 %

Overall survivability and seakeeping ability:
Survivability (Non-critical penetrating hits needed to sink ship):
1,189 lbs / 539 Kg = 37.1 x 4.0 " / 102 mm shells or 0.6 torpedoes
Stability (Unstable if below 1.00): 1.37
Metacentric height 1.6 ft / 0.5 m
Roll period: 10.7 seconds
Steadiness - As gun platform (Average = 50 %): 72 %
- Recoil effect (Restricted arc if above 1.00): 0.06
Seaboat quality (Average = 1.00): 1.76

Hull form characteristics:
Hull has rise forward of midbreak
Block coefficient: 0.470
Length to Beam Ratio: 5.88 : 1
'Natural speed' for length: 13.71 kts
Power going to wave formation at top speed: 52 %
Trim (Max stability = 0, Max steadiness = 100): 41
Bow angle (Positive = bow angles forward): 10.00 degrees
Stern overhang: 0.00 ft / 0.00 m
Freeboard (% = measuring location as a percentage of overall length):
- Stem: 15.00 ft / 4.57 m
- Forecastle (20 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m
- Mid (50 %): 14.00 ft / 4.27 m (7.00 ft / 2.13 m aft of break)
- Quarterdeck (15 %): 7.00 ft / 2.13 m
- Stern: 7.00 ft / 2.13 m
- Average freeboard: 10.58 ft / 3.22 m
Ship tends to be wet forward

Ship space, strength and comments:
Space - Hull below water (magazines/engines, low = better): 98.1 %
- Above water (accommodation/working, high = better): 97.5 %
Waterplane Area: 3,903 Square feet or 363 Square metres
Displacement factor (Displacement / loading): 155 %
Structure weight / hull surface area: 78 lbs/sq ft or 381 Kg/sq metre
Hull strength (Relative):
- Cross-sectional: 1.71
- Longitudinal: 6.17
- Overall: 1.94
Hull space for machinery, storage, compartmentation is adequate
Room for accommodation and workspaces is adequate
Ship has slow, easy roll, a good, steady gun platform
Excellent seaboat, comfortable, can fire her guns in the heaviest weather