ARC 7 de Agosto (D-06)

For other ships with the same name, see ARC 7 de Agosto.

ARC 7 de Agosto (D-06) was a Swedish-built destroyer of the Colombian Navy. The ship, laid down in November 1955 as 13 de Junio, was built by the firm Götaverken in Gothenburg to the same design as the Royal Swedish Navy's Halland class of destroyers, with the exception that they had a third 120 mm turret in place of the 57 mm AA turret. The ship was launched on 19 June 1956 and completed on 31 October 1958. After a career that spanned almost 30 years, the ship was scrapped in 1984.

Lunch during flag shifting for the Colombian destroyer ARC 13 de Julio from Sweden to Colombia

7 de Agosto
History
Colombia
Name	7 de Agosto
Builder	Gotaverken
Laid down	November 1955
Launched	19 June 1956
Completed	31 October 1958
Commissioned	1958
Decommissioned	1984
Identification	Pennant number: D-06
Fate	Scrapped, 1984
General characteristics
Class & type	20 de Julio-class destroyer
Displacement	2,650 tons standard 3,300 tons full load
Length	121 m (397 ft 0 in)
Beam	12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
Draft	4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared turbines, 2 boilers, 55,000 hp (41,000 kW)
Speed	32 kn (59 km/h)
Range	3,000 nmi (6,000 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) 445 nmi (824 km) at 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	248
Armament	6 × Bofors 120 mm guns (3 × 2) 4 × Bofors 40 mm AA guns (4 × 1) 4 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes (1 × 4) 4 × Bofors 375 mm (14.8 in) anti-submarine rockets (1 × 4)

External links

• Miramarshipindex.org entry