ARC ''7 de Agosto'' (D-06) was a

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-built destroyer of the

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. The ship,

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in November 1955 as ''13 de Junio'', was built by the firm of Gotaverken in Gothenburg to the same design as the

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's 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. ARC 20 de Julio

External links

Miramarshipindex.org entry
Halland-class destroyers of the Colombian Navy Ships built in Gothenburg 1956 ships Destroyers of the Cold War {{mil-ship-stub