Buenos Aires-class destroyer
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The Buenos Aires-class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Buenos Aires class |
Builders | Vickers Armstrong, John Brown, Cammell Laird, UK |
Operators | Argentine Navy |
Preceded by | Mendoza class |
Succeeded by | Brown class |
Built | 1936–1938 |
In commission | 1938–73 |
Completed | 7 |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 6 |
General characteristics | |
Type | 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 Parsons steam turbines, three boilers, 25,000 kW (34,000 hp) |
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 |
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