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PRESIDENTE SARMIENTO training ship (1898)

Presidente Sarmiento 1898

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Presidente Sarmiento   615 Laird, Birkenhead, UK 2.1896 31.8.1897 6.1898 preserved 6.1962

 

Displacement normal, t

 

Displacement full, t

2733

Length, m

85.5 pp

Breadth, m

13.3

Draught, m

5.94 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VC, 4 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 120/43 Armstrong Y, 6 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt, 2 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim-Nordenfelt, 3 - 356 TT (2 beam, 1 stern)

Complement

305 + 40 cadets

Project history: Sailing area was 2300m2. Ship-rigged.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Since 1962 Presidente Sarmiento preserved as museum ship.

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

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