ARA Los Andes
Los Andes at anchor, about 1905
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History | |
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Argentina | |
Name | ARA Los Andes |
Namesake | Andes |
Builder | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London |
Launched | 29 October 1875 |
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 |
Armament | 2 × 9 in (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles |
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ARA Los Andes was one of two El Plata-class monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy.
Description[]
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.[1]
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).[1]
History[]
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Bibliography[]
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- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1921. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- "Ironclads Vasco da Gama and Andes". Warship International. Toledo, Ohio: Naval Records Club. X (1): 106–08. 1973.
External links[]
- "MONITOR A.R.A. "LOS ANDES"". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (in Spanish). FUNDACION HISTARMAR. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
Categories:
- El Plata-class monitors
- 1875 ships
- Ships built in Leamouth