ARA El Plata (1874)
 Watercolor of El Plata | |
| Career (Argentina) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | ARA El Plata |
| Builder: | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London |
| Launched: | 29 August 1874 |
| Struck: | 16 November 1927 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1929? |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type: | El Plata-class monitor |
| Displacement: | 1,535–1,677 long tons (1,560–1,704 t) |
| Length: | 186 ft (56.7 m) (o/a) |
| Beam: | 44 ft (13.4 m) |
| Draft: | 9.5–10.5 ft (2.9–3.2 m) |
| Installed power: | 750 ihp (560 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, Compound steam engines |
| Speed: | 9–9.5 knots (16.7–17.6 km/h; 10.4–10.9 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 El Plata was the first of two El Plata-class monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy.
Description
El Plata was 186 feet (56.7 m) long overall, with a beam of 44 feet (13.4 m) and a draft of 9.5–10.5 feet (2.9–3.2 m). She displaced 1,535–1,677 long tons (1,560–1,704 t), and her crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men.[1]
The ship had two compound steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of 750 indicated horsepower (560 kW). This gave her a maximum speed of 9–9.5 knots (16.7–17.6 km/h; 10.4–10.9 mph). El Plata carried 120 long tons (122 t) of coal which gave her a range of approximately 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi).[1]
Footnotes
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.
- "MONITOR A.R.A. "EL PLATA" 1875". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). FUNDACION HISTARMAR. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- "Ironclads Vasco da Gama and Andes". Warship International (Toledo, Ohio: Naval Records Club) X (1): 106–08. 1973.