| ARA La Plata (1874) | |
|---|---|
 Watercolor of La Plata | |
| Career (Argentina) |  |
| Name: | ARA La Plata |
| Builder: | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London |
| Launched: | 29 August 1874 |
| Struck: | 16 November 1927 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1929? |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type: | La Plata-class monitor |
| Displacement: | 1,535 long tons (1,560 t) |
| Length: | 180 ft (54.9 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 44 ft (13.4 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 1 in (2.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 750 ihp (560 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, Compound steam engines |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Range: | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) |
| Complement: | 120 |
| Armament: |
2 × Armstrong 9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 2 × small guns |
| Armor: |
Belt: 4.5–6 in (114–152 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm) Gun turret: 8–10 in (203–254 mm) |
ARA La Plata was the first of two La Plata-class monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy.
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References[]
- Gardiner, Robert, ed (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1922. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- "Ironclads Vasco da Gama and Andes". Toledo, Ohio: Naval Records Club. 1973. pp. 106–08.
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