ARV Aragua (D-31)
 Aragua destroyer | |
| Career (Venezuela) |  Venezuelan Navy |
|---|---|
| Name: | ARV Aragua (D-31) |
| Namesake: | Aragua |
| Ordered: | 1950 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrongs Shipyards Barrow in Furness |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Standard: 2,600 tons Full load: 3,670 tons |
| Length: | 402 ft (122,5 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 50,000 shp |
| Speed: | 34 kn ( km/h) |
| Range: | 10,000 nmi at 10 kn, 1 month |
| Complement: | 18 officers and 236 crew members |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 291 air warning |
| Armament: | 6 x QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI 4 x 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II |
Aragua was the name of a Venezuelan destroyer. Named for the Venezuelan state of Aragua, it was the leader of the 3rd Destroyer Division and the first one of her own sub-class, among British built for Venezuela naval forces in the 1950s.