| ARA Pueyrredón | |
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| Name: | ARA Pueyrredón |
| Namesake: | Juan Martín de Pueyrredón |
| Builder: | Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa |
| Launched: | 25 September 1897 |
| Completed: | August 1898 |
| Acquired: | 1897 |
| Struck: | 2 August 1954 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1957 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser |
| Displacement: | 6,773 long tons (6,882 t) |
| Length: | 344 ft 2 in (104.9 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft 8 in (15.4 m) |
| Draught: | 23 ft 4 in (7.1 m) |
| Installed power: | 13,000 ihp (9,700 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shafts, vertical triple-expansion steam engines 8 Belleville water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 520 |
| Armament: |
2 × 1 - Armstrong 10-inch (254 mm) guns |
| Armour: |
Belt: 3.1–5.9 in (79–150 mm) Barbettes: 5.9 in (150 mm) Gun turrets: 5.9 in (150 mm) Conning tower: 5.9 in (150 mm) |
ARA Pueyrredón was a Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser of the Argentine Navy. The ship was built in Italy and is considered part of the Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi class. The ship was launched on 27 July 1898 and served the Argentine Navy until she was stricken on 2 August 1954. Pueyrredón was the last survivor of the Garibaldi class.
References[]
- Gardiner, Robert, ed (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. OCLC 12119866.
Further reading[]
- (Spanish) Burzaco, Ricardo. Acorazados y Cruceros De La Armada Argentina. Eugenio B, Buenos Aires, 1997. ISBN 987-96764-0-8
- (Spanish) Arguindeguy, Pablo. Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970). Comando en Jefe de la Armada, Buenos aires, 1972. ISBN n/d
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