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NUEVE DE JULIO protected cruiser (1893)

Nueve de Julio 1905

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nueve de Julio   570 Armstrong, Elswick, UK 2.1891 26.7.1892 27.1.1893 stricken 10.1930

 

Displacement normal, t

3600

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

107.9 pp 113.5 oa

Breadth, m

13.4

Draught, m

5.03 mean

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 8 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

14500

Max speed, kts

22.2

Fuel, t

coal 750

Endurance, nm(kts)

4870(10)

Armour, mm

steel; deck: 89 - 20 with 114 - 89 slopes, glacis: 127, shield: 51, CT: 102

Armament

4 x 1 - 152/40 Armstrong W2, 8 x 1 - 120/41 Armstrong R, 12 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 5 - 450 TT (1 bow, 4 beam)

Complement

327

Project history: Cruiser was designed by P. Watts as development of Veinticinco de Mayo; first of Argentina cruisers, completely armed with quick-firing artillery. Construction of ship was slightly delayed by changing the torpedoes from 356mm to 450mm.

Ship protection: Protective deck ran the length of the ship and had 89-20mm flat part with 114-89mm slopes. Double bottom was on full length of the ship except of boiler and engine rooms.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Nueve de Julio 1893

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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