Watercolor of El Plata
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History | |
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Argentina | |
Name | ARA El Plata |
Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
Launched | 29 August 1874 |
Stricken | 16 November 1927 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1929? |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | El Plata-class 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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ARA El Plata was the first of two El Plata-class monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy.
El Plata was 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). She displaced 1,535–1,677 long tons (1,560–1,704 t), and her crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men.[1]
The ship had two compound steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of 750 indicated horsepower (560 kW). This gave her a maximum speed of 9–9.5 knots (16.7–17.6 km/h; 10.4–10.9 mph). El Plata carried 120 long tons (122 t) of coal which gave her a range of approximately 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi).[1]