ВМС Португалии

«Кагул» (с 25.3.1907 г. – «Память Меркурия», с 23.10 по 12.1918 г. – «Гетман Иван Мазепа», с 1.1919 г. – снова «Память Меркурия», с 31.12.1922 г. – «Коминтерн»)

 

Executing of the Portuguese naval shipbuilding program according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1932 no. 4. The Dutch magazine supplied quite a lot of details dealing with the Portuguese warships built in Portugal and elsewhere using as source the magazine Revue Maritime dated April 1932.

An Italian shipyard was to built the avisos’2nd class Alfonso d’Albuquerque and the Bartolomeu Diaz, which were double screw well built and good compartmented ships to be fitted out with 2 turbines with reduction clutch delivering 8.000 hp and a maximum speed of 21 miles. With a speed of 12 miles a range of 9.0000 nautical miles. Displacement of 2,100 tons and as dimensions 99 x 13,5 x 7 metres. The armament consisted of 8-12cm guns, 2 fore and 2 aft with 180 shells for each gun, 2-7,6cm anti aircraft guns with 300 shells for each gun and 4-4cm anti aircraft machineguns with 1.500 cartridges for each machinegun, 1 floating plane and 40 mines. Complete fire control equipment with 2 rangefinders.