Buenos Aires 1910
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Buenos Aires | Armstrong, Tyne, UK | 2/1893 | 18/5/1895 | 2/1896 | stricken 5/1932 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
4788 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
120.7 pp 129.2 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
12.9 |
|
Draught, m |
5.61 mean |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
VTE, 8 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
17000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
24 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 1000 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
6210(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
steel; deck: 38 with 127 - 76 slopes, glacis: 127, shields: 114, CT: 152 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 203/45 EOC, 4 x 1 - 152/45 EOC, 6 x 1 - 120/45 EOC, 16 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 5 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 beam) |
|
Complement |
350 |
Ship project history: Most modern protected cruiser of Argentina Navy before WWI, similar to Chilean Blanco Encalada. She was designed by main designer of Armstrong P. Watts; one of most successful "Elswick" cruisers. Hull was wood-sheathed, flush-decked wuth complete double bottom.
Ship protection: Protective deck ran the length of the ship and had 127 (over machinery)-38mm flat part with 127-76mm slopes.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Buenos Aires 1911
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