Rivadavia-class
An item dated Buenos Aires, Argentina dated 21th reported that the Argentinean Congress approved the law dealing with the modernisation of the two battleships (10 years earlier built in the USA) and 4 other warships. Expected was the departure on short notice of a commission of staff officers towards the USA to negotiate with shipyards there this modernisation.(1)
Note
1. The Rivadavia of the Rivadavia-class consisting of the Rivadavia and the Moreno. Built as response of Brazil building the Minas Geraes-class.(1) Chile responded on the Brazilian and Argentinean new building of dreadnoughts by ordering in the United Kingdom the building of the Almirante Latorre-class, consisting of two dreadnoughts.(2) Laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 25 May 1910, launched on 26 August 1911, trials mid September 1913, commissioned on 27 August 1914, modernized at Boston 1924-1926, considered to be useless for active service in 1951, listed for disposal on 18 October 1956, stricken on 1 February 1957, sold on 30 May 1957 and finally broken up at Savona, Italy in 1959 onwards.
The Moreno of the Rivadavia-class consisting of the Rivadavia and the Moreno. Built as response of Brazil building the Minas Geraes-class (1). Chile responded on the Brazilian and Argentinean new building of dreadnoughts by ordering in the United Kingdom the building of the Almirante Latorre-class, consisting of two dreadnoughts.(2) Laid down by the New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey, USA on 9 July 1910, launched on 23 September 1911, completed on 15 February 1915, part of the reserve in 1923, modernized in the USA 1923-1924 including from coal to oil fuelling, decommissioned in 1949, served as barracks, prison ship in 1955, stricken on 1 October 1956, sold on 11 January 1957 to the Yawata Iron and Steel Company, towed by the Dutch tugs Clyde and Ocean Moreno towards Japan where she arrived on 17 August 1957.
