Buenos Aires-class destroyer
 ARA Buenos Aires | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Buenos Aires class |
| Builders: | Vickers Armstrong, John Brown, Cammel Laird, UK |
| Operators: |
 Argentine Navy |
| Built: | 1936-1938 |
| In commission: | 1938-73 |
| Completed: | 7 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,375 t (1,353 long tons) standard 2,042 t (2,010 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 98.45 m (323 ft 0 in) |
| Beam: | 10.38 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Draught: | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft geared steam turbines, three boilers,34,000 hp (25 MW) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 4,100 nmi (7,600 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement: | 130 |
| Armament: | 4 × 4.7 inch (120 mm) QF Mark IX guns (4 × 1) 8 × 0.5 inch machine guns 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 4) |
The Buenos Aires-class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.
Design
The ships were based on the contemporary G-class destroyers building for the British Royal Navy, with some modifications to suit Argentinian requirements. After World War II these ships were modified by installing two single hand-worked 40 mm Bofors guns between the funnels replacing the original 3-inch anti-aircraft gun and two twin air-cooled Bofors unique to the Argentine and Swedish navies (instead of the more common water-cooled mounts) replacing the after bank of torpedo tubes. Radar and sonar was also fitted at this time and Santa Cruz landed B gun in favor of a pair of Hedgehog anti-submarine weapons.
Ships
| Ship | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARA Buenos Aires (E6) | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 21 September 1937 | 4 April 1938 | Scrapped 1971 |
| ARA Corrientes (E8) | 21 September 1937 | 1 July 1938 | Sunk in collision with cruiser ARA Almirante Brown, 3 October 1941 | |
| ARA Entre Rios (E7) | 21 September 1937 | 15 May 1938 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| ARA Misiones (E11) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 23 September 1937 | 5 September 1938 | Scrapped 1971 |
| ARA San Juan (E9) | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | 24 June 1937 | 23 March 1938 | Scrapped 1973 |
| ARA San Luis (E10) | 23 August 1937 | 23 March 1938 | Scrapped 1971 | |
| ARA Santa Cruz (E12) | Cammell Laird | 3 November 1937 | 26 September 1938 | Scrapped 1973 |
References
- Whitley, M.J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Cassell Publishing. ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
- Guillermo J. Montehengo, An Argentinian Naval Buildup in the Disarmament Era, in Warship 2002-2003, Conway's Maritime press.
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