ARA Buenos Aires (D-6)

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ARA Buenos Aires
History
Flag of Argentina.svgArgentina
NameBuenos Aires
Namesake Buenos Aires province
Builder Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow
Launched21 September 1937
Completed4 April 1938
Stricken1971
FateScrapped, 1971
General characteristics
Class and type Buenos Aires-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,375 t (1,353 long tons) standard
  • 2,042 t (2,010 long tons) full load
Length98.45 m (323 ft 0 in)
Beam10.38 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion2 shaft geared steam turbines, three boilers, 34,000  hp (25 MW)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range4,100 nmi (7,600 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement130
Armament

ARA Buenos Aires was the lead ship of her class of destroyer built for the Argentine Navy, in service from 1938 until 1971.

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Design

The ship's design was based on the British Royal Navy's G class destroyer. [1]

The Argentine Navy initially classified it as a "torpedo boat" ((in Spanish)torpedero), and in the 1950s as a "destroyer". [2]

History

Buenos Aires was laid down by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and launched on 21 September 1937. After completion on 4 April 1938, she was turned over to the Argentine Navy, and remained in service until she was stricken in 1971.

It was the fifteenth ship of the Argentine Navy with this name. It entered in service in 1938, in the 1st torpedo squadron. [2]

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References

Notes

  1. Whitley, M. J. Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia.
  2. 1 2 "TORPEDERO "BUENOS AIRES" 1938". Histarmar website (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 December 2015.

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