ARA Paraná (1873)
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ARA Paraná was a steam and sail corvette built in United Kingdom in 1873 which served as a gunboat with the Argentine Navy between 1874 and 1899. It was decommissioned in 1900, converted to a transport and renamed Piedrabuena.
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Steam gunboat ARA Paraná, circa 1874 | |
History | |
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Argentina | |
Name | Paraná |
Namesake | the Paraná river |
Ordered | 1872 |
Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
Laid down | 1873 |
Launched | 12 November 1873 |
Completed | 1874 |
Commissioned | 1874 |
Out of service | 1900 |
Fate | Converted to transport and renamed Piedrabuena; wrecked in 1926. |
General characteristics | |
Type | steam and sail corvette, armed as gunboat |
Displacement | 550 tons |
Length | 46.36 m (152.1 ft) |
Beam | 7.63 m (25.0 ft) |
Draft | 5.4 m (18 ft) |
Propulsion | 1-shaft compound steam engine, 475 ihp (354 kW), 2 cylindrical boilers, 90 tons coal |
Sail plan | Barque |
Speed | 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) under sail and steam |
Complement | 114 (14 officers, 100 crew) |
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It was the sixth ship of the Argentine Navy named after the Paraná river; its name was chosen by President Sarmiento.[1]