Builders Lisbon Naval Arsenal In commission 1932-1961 | Succeeded by Fletcher class Completed 2 | |
Name Antioquia-class destroyer Operators Colombian National Navy | ||
The Antioquia class of destroyers consisted of two ships, ARC Antioquia and ARC Caldas, used by the navy of Colombia, the Armada Nacional República de Colombia, between 1933 and 1961.
The two ships were built at the Lisbon Naval Arsenal, as part of Douro class for the Portuguese Navy. They were purchased by the navy of Colombia before completion, in 1933, in response to the Colombia–Peru War, with two further ships ordered by the Portuguese Navy to replace them. Antioquia and Caldas were originally named NRP Douro and NRP Tejo, respectively.
The design was by the British company Yarrow Shipbuilders, based on that of the Royal Navy's prototype destroyer HMS Ambuscade. Two were built at the Yarrows shipyard in Clydebank, Scotland, and the remainder in Lisbon with Yarrow machinery.
Both ships were refitted in the United States, at Mobile, Alabama, in 1954, when three 5 in (130 mm) guns were fitted, two forward and one aft. This had the effect of shifting their centres-of-gravity, resulting in poor handling in foul weather, which also over-stressed the hulls.
Antioquia was decommissioned on the 23 January 1961, and Caldas on the 3 March 1961, with both ships being scrapped.