El Plata 1896
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| El Plata | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 29/8/1874 | 1875 | stricken 11/1927 | ||
| Los Andes | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 29/10/1874 | 1875 | stricken 11/1927 |
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Displacement normal, t |
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Displacement full, t |
1500 |
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Length, m |
56.7 wl |
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Breadth, m |
13.4 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VC, 4 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
750 |
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Max speed, kts |
9.5 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 120 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 152, ends: 114 - 102, deck: 30, breastwork: 203, turret: 229 - 203 |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 198/15 EOC 200-pdr 12.5t, 2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 25/40 Nordenfelt |
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Complement |
126 |
Ship project history: Low-freeboard monitors with all-hull-long narrow superstructure. To decreasing of target area in the battle ships can to receive ballast into double bottom tanks, increasing a draught by 2m.
Ship protection: The belt over the machinery and magazine was 152mm thick and 1.5m high (0.9m above and 0.6m below wl), reducing to 102mm at ship ends. Funnel casing was 114mm. There was 203mm breastwork round the turret. The area round gunports was protected by 229mm iron plates, rest parts of turret had 203mm protection.
Modernizations: 1883, both: - 1 x 2 - 198/15; + 1 x 2 - 203/23 EOC 240-pdr
1890s, both: + 2 x 1 - 120/40 EOC
Naval service: No significant events.
Los Andes
© Ivan Gogin, 2011