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ARV Zulia (D-21)

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section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Venezuelan destroyer ARV Zulia (D-21) underway in 1969.jpg
image_caption	ARV Zulia (D-21) in 1969
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Venezuela
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name	ARV Zulia
namesake	Zulia
builder	Vickers Armstrongs Shipyards Barrow in Furness
ordered	1950
identification	D-21
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement	*Standard: 2,600 tons
length	402 ft (122,5 m)
beam	43 ft
draught	19 ft
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	*Radar Type 293Q target indication
armament	*6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI

Full load: 3,670 tons
Radar Type 291 air warning
Radar Type 274 navigation
Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI
Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II
2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V
2 × Torpedo tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
1 × 'Squid A/S mortar Zulia was one of three s of the Venezuelan Navy. Named for the Venezuelan state of Zulia, it was built by the British shipyard Vickers Armstrong in the 1950s. It served as the leader of the 2nd Destroyer Division, and remained in service until 1978.

Design and description

In 1950, the Venezuelan Navy placed an order for two large destroyers, and Zulia, with the British shipbuilding company Vickers Armstrong, with an order for a third ship, , following later. The ships was of similar size and layout to the British Daring-class destroyers, but carried the same gun mounts as the older and smaller , and was often compared with the Battles.

The ships were 402 ft long overall and 384 ft between perpendiculars, with a beam of 43 ft and a draught of 12 ft. Displacement was 2600 LT standard and 3300 LT full load. Two Yarrow boilers fed steam at 400 psi to Parsons geared steam turbines, which drove two propeller shafts. The machinery, arranged on the 'unit' principle, where boiler rooms and engine rooms alternated to increase survivability, was rated at 50000 shp, giving a speed of 34.5 kn. The conservative machinery (the Darings boilers produced steam at a pressure of 650 psi) gave a range of 4000 nmi, less than a Daring despite carrying more fuel.

Main gun armament consisted of three twin QF Mark IV 4.5 in mounts, with two forward and one mount aft, with a close-in armament of 16 40mm Bofors guns in eight twin mounts. Torpedo armament consisted of a single triple mount for 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes, while 30 depth charges could be carried. The ship had a crew of 18 officers and 236 other ranks.

Construction and career

Zulia was laid down at Vickers Armstrong's Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 24 July 1951, was launched on 29 June 1952 and completed on 15 September 1954. Zulia was refitted at Vickers Armstrong's Hebburn shipyard in 1959, where the ship's torpedo tubes were removed to accommodate two Squid anti-submarine mortars. In 1960, the ship was fitted with modernised electronics at the New York Navy Yard.

Citations

References

{{Harvnb. Blackman. 1960
{{Harvnb. Friedman. 2008
{{Harvnb. Gardiner. Chumbley. 1995
{{Harvnb. Lenton. 1970

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