Corrientes 1900
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Misiones | 1018 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 1895 | 22.8.1896 | 7.1897 | stricken 10.1930 | |
| Santa Fé | 1019 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 1895 | 1896 | 10.1896 | wrecked 19.4.1897 | |
| Entre Rios | 1020 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 1895 | 11.7.1896 | 12.1896 | stricken 10.1930 | |
| Corrientes | 1021 | Yarrow, Poplar, UK | 1895 | 10.10.1896 | 1.1898 | stricken 10.1930 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
280 |
|
Displacement full, t |
340 |
|
Length, m |
57.9 |
|
Breadth, m |
5.94 |
|
Draught, m |
2.23 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 6 Yarrow boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
4200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
27 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 80 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
900(15) |
| Armour, mm | steel; belt: 20 - 13 |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 75/46 Maxim-Nordenfelt 14pdr 18cwt, 3 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt, 3 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim-Nordenfelt?, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
54 |
Project history: Steel-hulled destroyers with turtleback-form forecastle and three funnels. Contract speed was 26kts for 3hrs, but ships had difficulty achieving it.
Ship protection: Armour plating extended over the boilers and machinery at the waterline.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Santa Fé wrecked 19.4.1897 on Rio de La Plata off Colonia del Sacramento during a storm.
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
And also many thanks to Iván Dubaniewicz for correction of information on this page.
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