The Nueva Esparta-class destroyers were a class of warships used by the navy of Venezuela. The lead ship was named after Nueva Esparta (Spanish for "New Sparta"), the name of the largest island in Venezuela.
These ships were requested in 1950, and were built by the Vickers Armstrongs shipyards in Barrow-in-Furness between 1951 and 1954.
The ships were designed by Vickers Armstrong shipyards in the 1950s for the Venezuela naval forces. The design has been identified as a derivative of the Batch 3 Battle-class destroyers built for the United Kingdom and Australia, according information released by the International Naval Research Organization and several independent researchers in 2006. They were to form part of a fleet that included a 25,000 ton aircraft carrier and a Tiger-class cruiser.
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | Standard: 2,180 tons Full load: 2,700 tons |
| Length: | 402 ft (123 m) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 42 ft 9 in (13.03 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 50,000 shp |
| Speed: | 34 kn ( km/h) |
| Range: | 10,000 nmi at 10 kn, 1 month |
| Complement: | 18 officers and 236 crew members |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar Type 293Q target indication |
| Armament: | 6 x QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI |
