| Career (Argentina) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ARA Belgrano |
| Namesake: | Manuel Belgrano |
| Builder: | Orlando, Livorno |
| Launched: | 25 July 1897 |
| Completed: | 8 October 1898 |
| Acquired: | 1897 |
| Struck: | 8 May 1947 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1953 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 7,069 long tons (7,182 t) |
| Length: | 344 ft 2 in (104.9 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft 8 in (15.4 m) |
| Draught: | 23 ft 4 in (7.1 m) |
| Installed power: | 13,000 ihp (9,700 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion steam engines 8 cylindrical boilers |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 520 |
| Armament: |
2 × 1 - Armstrong 10-inch (254 mm) guns |
| Armour: | Belt: 3.1–5.9 in (79–150 mm) Barbettes: 5.9 in (150 mm) Gun turrets: 5.9 in (150 mm) Conning tower: 5.9 in (150 mm) |
ARA General Belgrano was a Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser of the Argentine Navy. The ship was built in Italy, along with three sisters ships for the Argentine Navy (Garibaldi, Pueyrredón and San Martín) and is considered part of the Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser. The ship was launched in 1896 and served the Argentine Navy until she was stricken on 8 May 1947.
The battleship was built at the Cantiere Navale Fratelli Orlando, in Livorno, where her hull was laid down in 1896 and launched on July 25, 1897. It was purchased in 1898 by the government of Argentina, engaged in a conflict with Chile. After testing of machinery and artillery, entered service on October 8, 1898, departing the same day entered the port of Genoa, under the command of Commander Emilio Barilari, arriving at their destination in Mar del Plata, the November 6 of that year.
After the conflict with Chile, January 20, 1899 embarked the President of Argentina Julio Argentino Roca and the President of Chile Federico Errazuriz Echaurren for signing the peace treaty. After visiting Santa Cruz, Rio Gallegos, Puerto Harberton and Ushuaia, arrived on February 15, 1899 in Punta Arenas where the two presidents signed the peace treaty between the two states.
In 1902 he was put on hold and after being equipped, in 1907, telegraph apparatus, was drafted into the squad again in 1908. In 1912, was equipped with radio apparatus. In 1927 he began work to modernize the naval base of Puerto Belgrano, but before the end of this modernization, left for Europe, visiting Genoa, from 7 to October 16, where the crew attended the unveiling of a monument to General Belgrano. Later, he visited Spain and again returned to Geneva to continue the modernization work, including the conversion of boilers to consume gasoline, installing a new mast and changes in the artillery.
At the end of this modernization, October 25, 1929 arriving part to Argentina Buenos Aires on November 24 next. In 1933 it ranked as Coast Guard and in December the same year is sent to the Mar de Plata to be used to deposit and support ship submersible. On May 8, 1947, after 50 years of service, is discharged. Towed to Buenos Aires, is broken up in Creek.
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