ARA Murature (P-20) in 2010 |
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| Career (Argentina) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ARA Murature |
| Namesake: | After José Luis Murature |
| Builder: | AFNE Rio Santiago |
| Launched: | 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 5 July 1945 |
| Homeport: | Buenos Aires naval base |
| Fate: | In service as far as 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Murature class patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 1,032 tons |
| Length: | 78,41 m |
| Beam: | 9 m |
| Draught: | 4,14 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Werkspoor Diesel |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 130 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Decca TM-1226 radar |
| Armament: | 3 x 105mm Vickers 4 x 40mm AA Breda Bofors 5 x 12,7mm machine guns |
Murature is a 900 ton World War II era Argentine navy warship, originally classified as minelayer and later as patrol boat. The vessel was named after José Luis Murature, Foreign Minister of Argentina from 1916-18. Murature was laid down in 1944 and commissioned in 1945. She took part of the 1955 raising against Juan Domingo Perón's government known as Revolución Libertadora, when she shot down a loyal Avro Lincoln bomber over the Rio de la Plata. Along with her sister ship ARA King, Murature is the older unit still in service on the Argentine navy as far as 2011.[1]