Veinticinco de Mayo-class
An item reported that Argentine ordered the building by the British company Vickers-Armstrong a third cruiser.(1) Building costs around 1 million pond sterling. At that moment numbered the Argentinean navy already 2 modern cruisers of 6.800 tons(2), with a main armament of 6-19cm guns and a speed of 32-33,5 miles. The magazine believed that Argentine wanted to keep her advance on Brazil while Brazil also started with a new building programme.
Notes
1. The 6.500 (standard)-7,500 (full load) tons light cruiser La Argentina, with a main armament of 3x3-15,25cm/6” guns. Laid down by Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, England on 11 January 1936, launched on 16 March 1936, completed on 31 January 1939, acquired in February 1939, decommissioned in 1972 and broken up in 1974.
2. The Veinticinco de Mayo-class heavy cruisers consisting of the Veinticinco de Mayo (laid down by Cantiere naval fratelli Orlando, Livorno, Italy on 12 October 1927, launched on 28 September 1929, completed on 18 July 1931) and Almirante Brown (laid down by Cantieri navali Odero, Genoa-Sestri Ponente, Italy on 27 November 1927, launched on 1 August 1929 and completed on 1 July 1931). Displacement 6.800 I(standard)-9.000 (full load) tons.
