Buenos Aires-class destroyer
{{Short description|Type of Argentinian naval vessel}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:ARA Buenos Aires.jpg | Ship caption = ARA Buenos Aires }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Buenos Aires class | Builders = Vickers Armstrong, John Brown, Cammell Laird, UK | Operators = {{navy|Argentina}} | Class before = {{sclass|Mendoza|destroyer|4}} | Class after = {{sclass|Brown|destroyer|4}} | Subclasses = | Built range = 1936–1938 | In commission range = 1938–73 | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = | Total ships completed = 7 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = 1 | Total ships retired = 6 | Total ships scrapped = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Destroyer | Ship displacement = *{{convert|1375|t|LT|0|abbr=on}} standard
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The Buenos Aires-class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.
Design
File:Sinking ARA Corrientes.jpg
The ships were based on the contemporary G-class destroyers building for the British Royal Navy, with some modifications to suit Argentine requirements.
After World War II these ships were modified by installing two single hand-worked Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 between the funnels replacing the original anti-aircraft machine guns, and two twin air-cooled Bofors unique to the Argentine and Swedish navies (instead of the more common water-cooled mounts) replacing the after bank of torpedo tubes. Radar and sonar were also fitted at this time and Santa Cruz landed the "B" gun in favor of a pair of Hedgehog anti-submarine weapons. Anti-submarine weaponry was further improved with 4 throwers and 2 stern tracks.
Ships
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! Builder ! Launched ! Commissioned ! Fate |
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| {{ship|ARA|Buenos Aires|D-6|6}} (T6 / D6)
| rowspan=3|Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow | 21 September 1937 | 4 April 1938 |Scrapped 1971 |
| {{ship|ARA|Corrientes|T-8|6}} (T8)
| 21 September 1937 | 1 July 1938 |Sunk in collision with cruiser {{Ship|ARA|Almirante Brown|C-1|6}}, 3 October 1941 |
| {{ship|ARA|Entre Rios|D-7|6}} (T7 / D7)
|21 September 1937 |15 May 1938 |Scrapped 1973 |
| {{ship|ARA|Misiones|D-11|6}} (T11 / D11)
|Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |23 September 1937 |5 September 1938 |Scrapped 1971 |
| {{ship|ARA|San Juan|D-9|6}} (T9 / D9)
|rowspan=2|John Brown & Company, Clydebank |24 June 1937 |23 March 1938 |Scrapped 1973 |
| {{ship|ARA|San Luis|D-10|6}} (T10 / D10)
|23 August 1937 |23 March 1938 |Scrapped 1971 |
| {{ship|ARA|Santa Cruz|D-12|6}} (T12 / D12)
|Cammell Laird |3 November 1937 |26 September 1938 |Scrapped 1973 |
Operational history
ARA Corrientes collided with cruiser ARA Almirante Brown in the fog during naval exercises and sank on 3 October 1941, 54 nm northeast of Mar del Plata.{{Cite web|url=http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/HundimTorpCorrientes.htm|title=El Choque y Hundimiento del Torpedero "Corrientes"|website=www.histarmar.com.ar|language=Spanish|access-date=2017-12-10}}
On 19 September 1955, San Luis, San Juan and Entre Rios supported the cruiser ARA Nueve de Julio when the latter shelled and destroyed fuel depots at the port of Mar del Plata, in the course of the Revolucion Libertadora. The destroyers' fire kept at bay a group of armed civilians and soldiers attempting to storm the local naval base. Some civilian property was damaged. The destroyer force also shelled the headquarters of the Army Antiaircraft School, north of the city, some hours later.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lacapitalmdp.com/hace-61-anos-bombardeaban-el-puerto-de-mar-del-plata/|title=Hace 61 años bombardeaban el puerto de Mar del Plata|work=Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata|access-date=2017-12-10|language=es-ES}}
See also
References
= Notes =
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= Bibliography =
- {{cite book|first=M.J.|last=Whitley|title=Destroyers of World War 2|year=1988|publisher=Cassell Publishing|isbn=1-85409-521-8}}
- {{cite journal|first=Guillermo J. |last=Montehengo |title=An Argentinian Naval Buildup in the Disarmament Era |journal=Warship 2002-2003 |publisher=Conway's Maritime Press}}
External links
- {{in lang|es}} [http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/Buques1900a1970/DDestructores.htm Destroyers ("Destructores (Tambien llamados Torpederos)") – Histarmar website] (accessed 2017-02-04)
{{Commons category|Buenos Aires class destroyer}}
{{G and H class destroyer}}