Buenos Aires-class destroyer

ARA Buenos Aires
Class overview
NameBuenos Aires class
BuildersVickers Armstrong, John Brown, Cammell Laird, UK
Operators Argentine Navy
Preceded byMendoza class
Succeeded byBrown class
Built1936–1938
In commission1938–73
Completed7
Lost1
Retired6
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 1,375 t (1,353 long tons) standard
  • 2,042 t (2,010 long tons) full load
Length98.45 m (323 ft 0 in)
Beam10.38 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion2 shaft geared Parsons steam turbines, three Admiralty boilers, 25,000 kW (34,000 hp)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range4,100 nmi (7,600 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement130
Armament

The Buenos Aires-class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.

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