Watercolor of El Plata | |
Class overview | |
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Name | El Plata class |
Builders | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London |
Operators | Argentine Navy |
Preceded by | None |
Succeeded by | None |
Built | 1874–1876 |
In service | 1875–1927 |
Completed | 2 |
Scrapped | 2 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | 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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The El Plata class consisted of a pair of monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy. They served as coastal defence ships. [1]
The El Plata-class monitors were 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). They displaced 1,535–1,677 long tons (1,560–1,704 t ), and their crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men. [2]
The ships had two compound steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of 750 indicated horsepower (560 kW). This gave them a maximum speed of 9–9.5 knots (16.7–17.6 km/h; 10.4–10.9 mph). They carried 120 long tons (122 t) of coal which gave them a range of approximately 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi). [2]
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