El Plata-class monitor
 Watercolor of El Plata
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | El Plata class |
| Builders | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London |
| Operators |  Argentine Navy |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Built | 1874–1876 |
| In service | 1875–1927 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Monitor |
| Displacement | 1,535–1,677 long tons (1,560–1,704 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, 2 compound steam engines |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Range | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) |
| Complement | 120 |
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The El Plata class consisted of a pair of monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy. They served as coastal defence ships.[1]
Description
[edit]The El Plata-class monitors were 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). They displaced 1,535–1,677 long tons (1,560–1,704 t), and their crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men.[2]
The ships had two compound steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of 750 indicated horsepower (560 kW). This gave them a maximum speed of 9–9.5 knots (16.7–17.6 km/h; 10.4–10.9 mph). They carried 120 long tons (122 t) of coal which gave them a range of approximately 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi).[2]
Ships in class
[edit]See also
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- 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. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. 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.
External links
[edit]- "MONITOR A.R.A. "EL PLATA"". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). FUNDACION HISTARMAR. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- "MONITOR A.R.A. "LOS ANDES"". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). FUNDACION HISTARMAR. Retrieved 2014-07-03.