ARA Buenos Aires (D-6)
ARA Buenos Aires was the lead ship of her class of destroyer built for the Argentine Navy, in service from 1938 to 1971.
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Name: | Buenos Aires |
Namesake: | Buenos Aires province |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow |
Launched: | 21 September 1937 |
Completed: | 4 April 1938 |
Stricken: | 1971 |
Fate: | Scrapped, 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Buenos Aires-class destroyer |
Displacement: |
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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: |
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Design
The ship's design was based on the British Royal Navy's G class destroyer.[1]
The Argentine Navy initially classified it as a "torpedo boat" ((in Spanish) torpedero), and in the 1950s as a "destroyer".[2]
History
Buenos Aires was laid down by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and launched on 21 September 1937. After completion on 4 April 1938, she was turned over to the Argentine Navy, and remained in service until she was stricken in 1971.
It was the fifteenth ship of the Argentine Navy with this name.[2]
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References
Notes
- Whitley, M. J. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia.
- "TORPEDERO "BUENOS AIRES" 1938". Histarmar website (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2015.
Bibliography
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
Online sources
- "TORPEDERO "BUENOS AIRES" 1938". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueología Marítima (in Spanish). Argentina: Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
See also
Further reading
- Arguindeguy, Pablo (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970) (in Spanish). Buenos aires: Comando en Jefe de la Armada.
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