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Santa Cruz 1952 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Buenos Aires	E6, 1940- T6, 1952- D6	710	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	1936	21.9.1937	4.1938	stricken 1971
Entre Ríos	E7, 1940- T7, 1952- D7	720	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	1936	21.9.1937	5.1938	stricken 1973
Corrientes	E8, 1940- T8	721	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK	1936	21.9.1937	7.1938	collision 3.10.1941
San Juan	E9, 1940- T9, 1952- D9	550	John Brown, Clydebank, UK	1936	24.6.1937	3.1938	stricken 1973
San Luis	E10, 1940- T10, 1952- D10	551	John Brown, Clydebank, UK	1936	23.8.1937	3.1938	stricken 5.1971
Misiones	E11, 1940- T11, 1952- D11	1021	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK	1936	23.9.1937	9.1938	stricken 5.1971
Santa Cruz	E12, 1940- T12, 1952- D12	1022	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK	1936	3.11.1937	9.1938	stricken 1973

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1375
Displacement full, t	2010
Length, m	97.5 wl 98.5 oa
Breadth, m	10.6
Draught, m	3.20
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	34000
Max speed, kts	35.5
Fuel, t	oil 450
Endurance, nm(kts)	4100(14)
Armament	4 x 1 - 120/45 Vickers-Armstrong Mk F, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 2 x 4 - 533 TT
Complement	130

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Project history

Ordered in the Great Britain under special 1934 programme, simultaneously with cruiser La Argentina. Destroyers were built by various private companies under drawings of British destroyer Gallant.

Modernizations

1956, all survived: - 1 x 4 - 533 TT; + 4 DCT, 1 DCR

1958-1959, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 1 x 4 - 533 TT; + 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 - 324 ASW TL, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, radars, sonar

Naval service

Corrientes has sunk 3.10.1941 as result of collision with cruiser Almirante Brown at Tierra del Fuego.

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