Mendoza 1930
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Mendoza | M, E3, 1940- T3, 1952- D3 | 1651 | White, Cowes, UK | 1927 | 18.7.1928 | 1.1929 | stricken 4.1962 |
| La Rioja | LR, E4, 1940- T4, 1952- D4 | 1653 | White, Cowes, UK | 1927 | 2.2.1929 | 7.1929 | stricken 4.1962 |
| Tucumán | T, E5, 1940- T5, 1952- D5 | 1652 | White, Cowes, UK | 1927 | 16.10.1928 | 5.1929 | stricken 4.1962 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1570 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2120 |
|
Length, m |
101.2 pp 102.1 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
9.68 |
|
Draught, m |
3.81 full load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
42000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 540 |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(14) |
|
Armament |
5 x 1 - 120/45 Vickers-Armstrong Mk E, 1 x 1 - 76/45 Vickers Mk SS, 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II, 2 x 3 - 533 TT |
|
Complement |
160 |
Project history: Ships were built in the Great Britain under the 1926 programme. They have inherited
names of ships of the 1907 programme, built in France (Mendoza and La Rioja) or Germany (Tucuman) and requisitioned with the
WWI beginning. The order was given out in 1927. Structurally
they repeated British leader Scott. Armament and
fire control system were similar to Churucca. On 6hr trials Mendoza and Tucuman reached 38kts, La Rioja shown 39.4kts.
Ships have arrived to Argentina in November, 1929, and Tucuman and La Rioja have made 5800nm
passage from Lisbon to Puerto Belgrano without calls
to other ports.
In 1952 ships were re-rated as destroyer escorts.
Modernizations: late 1940s, all: - 1 x 1 - 120/45, 1 x 1 - 76/45; + 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1
Naval service: La Rioja and Tucumán were disarmed and placed in reserve in 1952.
Tucumán 1936
Tucumán 1952
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011-15