 ARA Patria underway
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| History | |
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| Name | Patria |
| Builder | Samuda Brothers, Poplar (London), United Kingdom |
| Launched | 28 December 1893 |
| Completed | 1894 |
| Decommissioned | 1927 |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1,070 tons |
| Length | 262 ft 6 in (80.0 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.3 m) |
| Draught | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Installed power | 3,300 ihp (2,500 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Complement | 159 |
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ARA Patria was a torpedo cruiser which served in the Argentine Navy between 1894 and 1927. It was a modified Dryad-class torpedo gunboat which were in service with the Royal Navy during the same period.
History
The Patria was ordered from the British shipbuilder Laird Brothers and built at their Birkenhead shipyard, at a price of £87,000 to replace the torpedo boat ARA Rosales , which had sunk at Cabo Polonio in 1892. The funds were raised by public subscription, headed by the newspapers La Nación and La Prensa.
Patria was of similar design to the contemporary Dryad-class torpedo gunboats building for the British Royal Navy, but had a flush deck to improve seakeeping.[1] The ship was launched in 1893 and completed in 1894. In November of that year the vessel departed from England, arriving in Argentina the following month. It participated in the naval exercises held in 1895.
In January and February 1902 it participated in the naval exercises as part of the 2nd Sea Division, led by Counter admiral Manuel José García-Mansilla.
Toward the end of its career it served as a survey vessel, finally being decommissioned in 1927 by General Order No. 207 of the Navy Ministry.
See also
References
Notes
- ^ The Engineer 14 September 1894, p. 231
Bibliography
- Bóveda, Jorge Rafael (2009). "Las maniobras Navales de 1902. La evolución de las tácticas de la Armada Argentina ante el conflicto con Chile, 1881-1902". Boletín del Centro naval (in Spanish) (Nº 824).
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- "The Argentine Cruiser Patria". The Engineer. Vol. 78. 14 September 1894. p. 231. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
Further reading
- Arguindeguy, Pablo (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970) (in Spanish). Buenos aires: Comando en Jefe de la Armada.
External links
- "ARA Patria". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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