ARA Independencia (1891)
Independencia | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Argentina | |
| Name | Independencia |
| Namesake | Independencia, the Spanish word for "independence". |
| Ordered | 1889 |
| Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 15 March 1890 |
| Launched | 26 February 1891 |
| Completed | 5 March 1892 |
| Commissioned | 1893 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 (Navy) 1968 (Coast Guard) |
| Out of service | 1948 (Navy) |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal defense ship |
| Displacement | 2336 tons |
| Length | 73.15 m (240.0 ft) |
| Beam | 13.55 m (44.5 ft) |
| Draft | 3.96 m (13.0 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft, 2 Vertical Compound steam engines, 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW), 4 boilers, 340 tons coal (maximum) |
| Speed | 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Range | 3000 nautical miles @ 10kn |
| Complement | 160 |
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ARA Independencia was a coastal defense ship that served in the Argentine Navy between 1893 and 1948, and with the Argentine Coast Guard as a pilot station ship from 1949 to 1968. It was one of nine Argentine naval ships bearing this name.