 ARABuenos Aires | |
| 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 gearedParsons steam turbines, threeAdmiralty boilers, 25,000 kW (34,000 hp) |
| Speed | 35knots (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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TheBuenos Aires-class destroyers were a group ofdestroyers built for theArgentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.
The ships were based on the contemporaryG-class destroyers building for theBritishRoyal Navy, with some modifications to suit Argentine requirements.
AfterWorld War II these ships were modified by installing two single hand-worked40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns between the funnels replacing the original anti-aircraft machine guns, and two twin air-cooled Bofors unique to the Argentine and Swedish navies (instead of the more common water-cooled mounts) replacing the after bank of torpedo tubes. Radar and sonar were also fitted at this time andSanta Cruz landed the "B" gun in favor of a pair ofHedgehog anti-submarine weapons. Anti-submarine weaponry was further improved with 4 throwers and 2 stern tracks.
| Ship | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARA Buenos Aires (T6 / D6) | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 21 September 1937 | 4 April 1938 | Scrapped 1971 |
| ARA Corrientes (T8) | 21 September 1937 | 1 July 1938 | Sunk in collision with cruiserARA Almirante Brown, 3 October 1941 | |
| ARA Entre Rios (T7 / D7) | 21 September 1937 | 15 May 1938 | Scrapped 1973 | |
| ARA Misiones (T11 / D11) | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 23 September 1937 | 5 September 1938 | Scrapped 1971 |
| ARA San Juan (T9 / D9) | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | 24 June 1937 | 23 March 1938 | Scrapped 1973 |
| ARA San Luis (T10 / D10) | 23 August 1937 | 23 March 1938 | Scrapped 1971 | |
| ARA Santa Cruz (T12 / D12) | Cammell Laird | 3 November 1937 | 26 September 1938 | Scrapped 1973 |
ARACorrientes collided with cruiserARAAlmirante Brown in the fog during naval exercises and sank on 3 October 1941, 54nm northeast ofMar del Plata.[1]
On 19 September 1955,San Luis,San Juan andEntre Rios supported the cruiserARA Nuevede Julio when the latter shelled and destroyed fuel depots at the port of Mar del Plata, in the course of theRevolucion Libertadora. The destroyers' fire kept at bay a group of armed civilians and soldiers attempting to storm the local naval base. Some civilian property was damaged. The destroyer force also shelled the headquarters of theArmy Antiaircraft School, north of the city, some hours later.[2]
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