Argentine Navy — Cruiser class
Veinticinco de Mayo-class cruiser
The class in numbers
- 3 Planned
- 1 Cancelled
Design and service
- Type
- Cruiser
- Navy
- Argentine Navy
- In commission
- 1931 - 1961
- Builders
- OTO, Livorno
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo
- Displacement, standard
- 6,800 long tons (6,909 t)
- Displacement, full load
- 9,000 long tons (9,144 t)
- Length
- 171 m (561 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Complement
- 780
- Main gun
- 190 mm (7.5 in)
- Armament
- 6 × 190 mm (7.5 inch)/52 caliber guns (3 × 2)
- 12 × 102 mm (4 inch)/45 caliber DP guns (6 × 2)
- 6 × Vickers-Terni 40/39 mm AA guns
- 6 × 533 mm (21-inch) torpedo tubes
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARA Almirante Brown (C-1) | C-1 | 1931 | Scrapped 1962 |
| ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (C-2) | C-2 | 1931 | Scrapped 1960 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Veinticinco de Mayo-class cruiser on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.