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Nueve de Julio 1893 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Nueve de Julio		570	Armstrong, Elswick, UK	2.1891	26.7.1892	27.1.1893	stricken 10.1930

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3600
Displacement full, t
Length, m	107.9 pp 113.5 oa
Breadth, m	13.4
Draught, m	5.03 mean
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	14500
Max speed, kts	22.2
Fuel, t	coal 750
Endurance, nm(kts)	4870(10)
Armour, mm	steel; deck: 89 - 20 with 114 - 89 slopes, glacis: 127, shield: 51, CT: 102
Armament	4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W2, 8 x 1 - 120/41 Armstrong R, 12 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 5 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 beam)
Complement	327

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Project history

Cruiser was designed by P. Watts as development of Veinticinco de Mayo; first of Argentina cruisers, completely armed with quick-firing artillery. Construction of ship was slightly delayed by changing the torpedoes from 356mm to 450mm.

Ship protection

Protective deck ran the length of the ship and had 89-20mm flat part with 114-89mm slopes. Double bottom was on full length of the ship except of boiler and engine rooms.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.