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Buenos Aires 1911 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Buenos Aires		612	Armstrong, Elswick, UK	2.1893	18.5.1895	2.1896	stricken 5.1932

Technical data

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	2 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 Armstrong S, 4 x 1 - 152/45 Armstrong BB, 6 x 1 - 120/44 Armstrong Y, 16 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 5 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 beam)
Complement	350

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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.

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