ARA Almirante Brown (C-1)
Service
- as Almirante Brown18 July 1931 — 19622,193 days of the war
- Name
- ARA Almirante Brown
- Pennant / hull number
- C-1
- Namesake
- Guillermo Brown
- Builder
- Cantieri navali Odero, Genoa-Cantiere della Foce
- Laid down
- 12 October 1927
- Launched
- 28 September 1929
- Commissioned
- 18 July 1931
- Fate
- Scrapped 1962 (1962)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 6,693 long tons (6,800 t)
- Length
- 170.78 m (560.3 ft)
- Beam
- 17.83 m (58.5 ft)
- Draught
- 4.66 m (15.3 ft)
- Speed
- 32 knots (59.3 km/h, 36.8 mph)
- Range
- 8,000 nmi (14,816 km)
- Complement
- 600
- Main gun
- 190 mm (7.5 in)
ARA Almirante Brown was a Veinticinco de Mayo-class cruiser, operated by the Argentine Navy. She carried the pennant number C-1. The ship was named after Guillermo Brown. Her keel was laid at Cantieri navali Odero, Genoa-Cantiere della Foce on 12 October 1927. Launched on 28 September 1929, she entered service on 18 July 1931.
Two ships of the class were built.
Displacement was 6,693 long tons. She measured 170.8 m (560 ft) long with a beam of 17.8 m (58 ft). Her designed speed was 32 knots, and she carried a complement of 600.
Her main battery was six 190 mm (7.5 in) guns. She carried two aircraft. Her machinery developed 85,000 hp.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War.
She was broken up for scrap in 1962.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Parsons turbine, 2 screws
- Power
- 85000 hp
- 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
- Armour
- Deck: 1 in
- Sides: 2.8 in
- Conning tower: 2.3 in
- Turrets: 2 in
- Aircraft
- 2 × Grumman J2F Duck
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from ARA Almirante Brown (C-1) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.histarmar.com.ar/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons