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| Alsedo class |
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| Alsedo, Lazaga (Republican Navy ) Velasco (Nationalist Navy ) |
| 1,145 tons standard, 1,315 full load |
| Length: 86.50 m (283' 9'') Beam: 8.23 m (27') Draft: 3.07 m (10' 1'') |
| 2 Screws, Parsons Turbines , 4 Yarrow Boilers 33,000 HP.= +34 knots . 2,500 knots/14 knots |
| 3x101.6 mm (4'') / 50cal . -2x47mm AA - 4 machine guns -4 torpedo tubes 450 mm (17.7'') (2 double mounts) |
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| Ceuta, Melilla (Nationalist Navy ) |
| 1,400 tons standard, 1,800 full load |
| Length: 94,6 m (310' 4'') Beam: 9,4 m (30' 10'') Draft: 3,4 m (11' 2'') |
| 2 Screws, Tosi Turbines , 5 Thornycroft Boilers 39,000 HP.= -34 knots. 1,700 knots/15 knots |
| 4x 120 mm (4'') / 45cal . -2x76mm AA - 4 machine guns -4 torpedo tubes 450 mm (17.7'') (2 double mounts) Until 50 mines |
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| Huesca, Teruel (Nationalist Navy ) |
| 845 tons standard, 911 normal load |
| Length: 86 m (282' 2'') Beam: 7.90 m (25' 11'') Draft: 2.80 m (9' 2'') |
| 2 Screws, Parsons Turbines , 5 Yarrow Boilers 20,000 HP.= 31 knots 2,100 knots/13 knots |
| 5x102 mm (4'') / 35cal . -2x37 mm AA - 2x20 mm AA -4 torpedo tubes 450 mm (17.7'') (2 double mounts). Until 42 mines |
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| Velasco |
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| The Velasco was in El Ferrol on 17-18 July 1936. She was the only destroyer the Nationalists could count on at the beginning of the conflict.. The Velasco was one of the most active Nationalist ships. The destroyer operated mainly in the Bay of Biscay. This ship joined the Espa�a and Almirante Cervera in shore bombardments, blockades, freighter seizing, and skirmishes with enemy light forces. She mined many ports of the northern coast. In April 1938, she rescued the crew of the battleship Espa�a sunk by a mine off Santander. The Velasco was refitted in 1939. |
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| Ceuta class |
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| Ceuta (ex-Falco) |
| In 1937 the Nationalist navy attempted to buy some destroyers from the Italian Navy. Due to money limitations and the little interest of the Italians, the only ships they obtained were these old destroyers and the Huesca class. They were very old in and their low speed and endurance did not allow them to be deployed besides the cruisers. They were originally named Velasco-Ceuta and Velasco-Melilla and a dummy funnel was added as a decoy to resemble Velasco. |
| She entered service with the Italian Navy in 1920 and in October 1937 was transferred to the Nationalist Navy. The Ceuta escorted convoys and was used in minor operations during the war. Her most important missions were the blockade of Gibraltar strait and the interception of the Republican destroyer Jos� Luis D�ez ,which was attempting to return to Cartagena. |
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| Melilla (ex-Aquila) |
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| The Aquila entered in service with the Italian Navy in 1917 and took part in World War I. The operational history of the Melilla in the Nationalists Navy is similar to that of her sister. |
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| Huesca class |
| As with the Ceuta class, these destroyers were aging ships purchased from the Italian Navy in October 1937: the Guglielmo Pepe became the Teruel and the Alessandro Poerio the Huesca. They entered in service in 1915 and took part in World War I. The Huesca and Teruel were very old, therefore they were used as auxiliary destroyers. They seized some freighters. In May 1938, they collided accidentally. The Huesca took part in the interception of the Republican destroyer Jos� Luis D�ez |
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