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Independencia 1900

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Independencia		577	Laird, Birkenhead, UK	1889	26.2.1891	26.11.1892	stricken 1951
Nueve de Julio, 1892- Libertad		578	Laird, Birkenhead, UK	1889	11.12.1890	26.11.1892	stricken 12.1946

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	2330
Displacement full, t	2595
Length, m	70.1 pp
Breadth, m	13.1
Draught, m	3.96 mean
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 cylindrical double-ended boilers
Power, h. p.	2780
Max speed, kts	14.2
Fuel, t	coal 340
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(10)
Armour, mm	steel; belt: 203, deck: 37, barbettes: 203 - 152, hoods: 127, secondary gunshields: 32, CT: 102
Armament	2 x 1 - 238/32 MRK L/35 C/86, 4 x 1 - 120/41 Armstrong T, 4 x 1 - 47/42 Nordenfelt, 2 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement	230

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Project history

Coast defence battleships with low freeboard, capable to operate on large rivers. Libertad was laid down as 9 de Julio, renamed during construction. Since 1931 ships were rated as armoured gunboats.

Ship protection

Main 203mm belt had 1.5m hight and protect a citadel, it was closed by 203mm fwd and 152mm aft bulkheads.

Modernizations

(1925-1927), both: wer converted to oil-firing (2800hp, 14kts, 170t of oil, 2100(7)nm); - 2 - 450 TT

1930s, both: - 4 x 1 - 47/42; + 4 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II

Naval service

In the time of WWII ships were used as hulks and depot ships, but were in commission till the end of war. Libertad after being stricken was used till 1968 as pilot hulk Interseccion.