ARA Los Andes

Los Andes at anchor, about 1905
History
Argentina
Name	ARA Los Andes
Namesake	Andes
Builder	Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London
Launched	29 October 1875
Stricken	16 November 1927
Fate	Scrapped, 1929?
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	1,535 long tons (1,560 t)
Length	180 ft (54.9 m) (p/p)
Beam	44 ft (13.4 m)
Draft	9 ft 1 in (2.8 m)
Installed power	750 ihp (560 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts, Compound steam engines
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h; 10 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 Los Andes was one of two Template:Sclass-s built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy.

References

Bibliography

• 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.
• "Ironclads Vasco da Gama and Andes". Warship International. X (1). Toledo, Ohio: Naval Records Club: 106–08. 1973.

See also

• List of ships of the Argentine Navy

External links

• "MONITOR A.R.A. "LOS ANDES"". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). FUNDACION HISTARMAR. Retrieved 2014-07-03.