Buenos Aires 1940
Buenos Aires 1957
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Buenos Aires | E6, 1940- T6, 1952- D6 | 710 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 1936 | 21.9.1937 | 4.1938 | stricken 1971 |
| Entre Ríos | E7, 1940- T7, 1952- D7 | 720 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 1936 | 21.9.1937 | 5.1938 | stricken 1973 |
| Corrientes | E8, 1940- T8 | 721 | Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, UK | 1936 | 21.9.1937 | 7.1938 | collision 3.10.1941 |
| San Juan | E9, 1940- T9, 1952- D9 | 550 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 1936 | 24.6.1937 | 3.1938 | stricken 1973 |
| San Luis | E10, 1940- T10, 1952- D10 | 551 | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 1936 | 23.8.1937 | 3.1938 | stricken 5.1971 |
| Misiones | E11, 1940- T11, 1952- D11 | 1021 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 1936 | 23.9.1937 | 9.1938 | stricken 5.1971 |
| Santa Cruz | E12, 1940- T12, 1952- D12 | 1022 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 1936 | 3.11.1937 | 9.1938 | stricken 1973 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1375 |
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Displacement full, t |
2010 |
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Length, m |
97.5 wl 98.5 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.6 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
34000 |
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Max speed, kts |
35.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 450 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4100(14) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 Vickers-Armstrong Mk F, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 2 x 4 - 533 TT |
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Complement |
130 |
Project history: Ordered in the Great Britain under special 1934 programme, simultaneously with cruiser La Argentina. Destroyers were built by various private companies under drawings of British destroyer Gallant.
Modernizations: 1956, all survived: - 1 x 4 - 533 TT; + 4 DCT, 1 DCR
1958-1959, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, 2 x 4 - 12.7/62, 1 x 4 - 533 TT; + 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 - 324 ASW TL, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, radars, sonar
Naval service: Corrientes has sunk 3.10.1941 as result of collision with cruiser Almirante Brown at Tierra del Fuego.
Santa Cruz 1952
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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