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Catamarca-class preceded by Corrientes-class with La Plata-class built by Schichau. Argentina ordered 12 destroyers in 1910, 2 at Krupp and 2 at Schichau, Germany, 4 in England and 4 in France. The British built destroyers were in 1912 sold to Greece (Aetos-class) and the French built destroyers were taken over the French navy (Aventurier-class) when the First World War broke out. Krupp, Germaniawerft laid down the ARA Catamarca and Jujuy in 1911, launched and commissioned in 1912 and serving for decades in Argentinean service. Dimensions 87.36 (between perpendiculars)-87,86 (over all) x 8.25 (moulded) x 5,05 (depth at the sides)-5.20 (depth at the centre) x 2.48 (draught normal forward)-263 draught (normal aft)-2.55 (mean draught normal) metres and normal displacement 940 tons. Speed on trials 32 knots. Load on trials 180.6 ton. Draught 2.99 (full load forward)-2.83 (full load aft)-2.90 (mean full load) metres. Displacement full load 1,125 ton. Total capacity of bunkers 330m3-250 ton and oil fuel tanks 124 cubic metres-110 ton. Propulsion consisted of 600 rpm Action Type German Admiralty turbines. Estimated horsepower 18,000 cab. Range 15 knots full load displacement/3,000 nautical miles. Crew numbers 110 men. Four 21” Whitehead torpedo tubes and 150 kilo explosives with a speed of 41 knots at a range of 2,000 metres and 29 knots at 5,000 metres. Placed two fore end of ship and two little aft the middle part of the ship. Carried 8 torpedoes. Length forecastle 18 metres at 2.20 above the main deck. Armament 4-4” cal 50 Bethlehem guns, all on the centre line of the ship. Magazines have a capacity of 250 rounds of ammunition. Provided with wireless telegraphy for 200 kilometres range.
Source
Hiraga-archive. Description General data of Argentine destroyers built by Friedrich Krupp.
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