El Plata-class monitor explained

The El Plata class consisted of a pair of monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy. They served as coastal defence ships.^[1]

Description

The El Plata-class monitors were 186feet long overall, with a beam of 44feet and a draft of 9.5-. They displaced 1535-, and their crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men.^[2]

The ships had two compound steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of 750ihp. This gave them a maximum speed of 9kn9.5kn. They carried 120LT of coal which gave them a range of approximately 1400nmi.^[2]

Ships in class

• ARA El Plata
• ARA Los Andes

See also

• List of ships of the Argentine Navy
• List of ironclads

References

Bibliography

• Book: Gardiner. Robert. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. 1979. London. Conway Maritime Press. 0-85177-133-5.
• Book: Gardiner. Robert. Gray. Randal. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. 1985. Annapolis. Naval Institute Press. 0-87021-907-3.
• 1973. Ironclads Vasco da Gama and Andes. Warship International. Naval Records Club. Toledo, Ohio. X. 1. 106–08.

External links

• Web site: MONITOR A.R.A. "EL PLATA" . Spanish . Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima . FUNDACION HISTARMAR . 2014-07-03 .
• Web site: MONITOR A.R.A. "LOS ANDES" . Spanish . Histarmar - Historia y Arqueologia Marítima . FUNDACION HISTARMAR . 2014-07-03 .

Notes and References

1. Book: Particulars of the War Ships of the World: (Extracted from Lloyd's Register Book, 1892-93). 10th rev. issue. 1892. Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 87.
2. Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 401; Ironclads Vasco da Gama and Andes, p. 108; Silverstone, p. 11