ARA Buenos Aires (1895)
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Argentina | |
Name | ARA Buenos Aires |
Builder | Armstrong, Mitchell and Co., Elswick |
Laid down | February 1893 |
Launched | 10 May 1895 |
Completed | February 1896 |
Stricken | 17 May 1932 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1935 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Protected cruiser |
Displacement | 4,788 long tons (4,865 t) |
Length | 396 ft (121 m) pp 424 ft (129 m) oa |
Beam | 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) |
Draught | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 23.2 kn (26.7 mph; 43.0 km/h) |
Complement | 400 |
Armament |
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Armour |
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ARA Buenos Aires[a] was a protected cruiser of the Argentine Navy. It was built by the British shipyard of Armstrong Mitchell and Co, being launched in 1895 and completing in 1896. Buenos Aires continued in use until 1932.
Construction
In February 1893,
Buenos Aires was launched on 10 May 1895,[2] and underwent steaming trials on 2 November 1895, reaching an average speed of 23.202 knots (26.700 mph; 42.970 km/h) over a period of six hours with natural draught,[4] making it the fastest cruiser in the world.[5] Gunnery trials followed on 29 November that year.[6] The ship was completed in February 1896,[7] and reaching Argentina on 29 April 1896.[8]
Design
Buenos Aires was of similar design to the
The ship was powered by two 4-cylinder triple-expansion steam engines fed by eight horizontal return tube boilers and driving two propeller shafts.[6][7] This machinery was designed to give 12,500 indicated horsepower (9,300 kW) with natural draught and 17,000 indicated horsepower (13,000 kW) under forced draught, but managed to generate 14,000 indicated horsepower (10,000 kW) under natural draught during trials.[2]
The ship's main armament consisted of two
As a protected cruiser, the ship's main protective armour was a sloping armoured deck of steel, with thickness of between 5 inches (130 mm) and 1+1⁄2 inches (38 mm), with the ship's conning tower protected by 6 inches (150 mm) armour and the gunshields 4+1⁄2 inches (110 mm) thick.[2]
Operational history
After arriving in Argentina, Buenos Aires joined the 1st Division of the fleet. The ship settled into a routine of naval exercises, interspersed with use as a survey ship. In 1906, the ship returned to the United Kingdom for refurbishment of its armament,
In 1926, Buenos Aires transported a four-man
Buenos Aires was stricken on 17 May 1932,[8] and sold for scrapping in 1935.[12]
Notes and references
Notes
Citations
- ^ "List of Acronyms Preceding the Name of a Ship". Corporation of Lower St. Lawrence Pilots. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Brooke 1999, p. 82.
- ^ Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p. 401.
- ^ The Engineer 8 November 1895, p. 464.
- ^ a b The Engineer 31 July 1896, p. 106.
- ^ a b The Engineer 13 December 1895, p. 593.
- ^ a b Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, p.403.
- ^ a b c Brooke 1999, p. 83.
- ^ Brooke 1999, pp. 81–82.
- ^ Chesneau and Kolesnik 1979, pp. 403, 412.
- ^ a b Brassey 1897, p. 384.
- ^ a b "Crucero Buenos Aires (1896)". Historia y Arqueologia Marítima. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ O'Connor, Derek, "The Other Franco," Aviation History, January 2018, p. 58.
References
- Brassey, T.A. (1897). The Naval Annual 1897. Portsmouth, UK: Griffin and Co.
- Brooke, Peter (1999). Warships for Export: Armstrong Warships 1867–1927. Gravesend, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-89-4.
- "Firing Trials of Elswick Cruiser Buenos Aires" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 80. 13 December 1895. p. 593.
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway's Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- "Speed Trials of the New Argentine Cruiser — Buenos Aires" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 80. 8 November 1895. p. 464.
- "The Argentine Cruiser Buenos Aires" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 82. 31 July 1896. pp. 106, 114.
See also
Further reading
- Arguindeguy, Pablo (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970) (in Spanish). Buenos aires: Comando en Jefe de la Armada.
External links
- "ARA Buenos Aires". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 11 November 2015.