ARA ''Los Andes'' was one of two s built in Britain in the 1870s for the
Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy (ARA; ). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Argentine Army, Army and the Argentine ...
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Description
The ''El Plata''-class monitors were
long overall
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, with a
beam
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of and a
draft
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of . They displaced , and their crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men.
[Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 401; Ironclads Vasco da Gama and Andes, p. 108; Silverstone, p. 11]
The ships had two
compound steam engines
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, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of . This gave them a maximum speed of . They carried of coal which gave them a range of approximately .
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History
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1874 ships
El Plata-class monitors
Ships built in Leamouth