ARA Pueyrredón
Service
- as Pueyrredón1897 — 2 August 19542,193 days of the war
- Name
- ARA Pueyrredón
- Namesake
- Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
- Builder
- Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa
- Launched
- 25 September 1897
- Struck
- 2 August 1954
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 1957 (1957)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, full load
- 7,874 long tons (8,000 t)
- Length
- 106.7 m (350.1 ft)
- Beam
- 18.2 m (59.7 ft)
- Draught
- 7.62 m (25 ft)
- Speed
- 19 knots (35.2 km/h, 21.9 mph)
- Range
- 6,000 nmi (11,112 km)
- Complement
- 325
- Main gun
- 254 mm (10 in)
ARA Pueyrredón was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser armored cruiser, operated by the Argentine Navy. She was named for Juan Martín de Pueyrredón. She was built by Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa. She was launched on 25 September 1897.
She was the only ship of her class. The class followed the Vettor Pisani-class cruiser and was succeeded by the Pisa-class cruiser.
She displaced 7,874 long tons. She measured 106.7 m (350 ft) long with a beam of 18.2 m (60 ft). Her designed speed was 19 knots, and she carried a complement of 325.
Her main battery was two 254 mm (10 in) guns. Her machinery developed 13,000 ihp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 2 August 1954.
She was broken up for scrap in 1957.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 Shafts; 2 Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
- Power
- 13000 ihp
- 16 Belleville boilers
- Armament
- 2 × single 254 mm guns
- 10 × single 152 mm guns
- 6 × single 120 mm guns
- 10 × single 57 mm Hotchkiss guns
- 10 × single 37 mm Hotchkiss guns
- 4 × 1 - 457 mm torpedo tubes
- Armour
- Belt: 80 - 150 mm
- Barbettes: 150 mm
- Gun turrets: 150 mm
- Conning tower: 150 mm
Sources
- Facts harvested from ARA Pueyrredón on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/Buques1852-1899/CruceroPueyrredon.htm — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons