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-classtorpedo 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.
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. ISBN0-85177-133-5.
"The Argentine Cruiser Patria". The Engineer. Vol. 78. 14 September 1894. p. 231. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
Further readingedit
Arguindeguy, Pablo (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970) (in Spanish). Buenos aires: Comando en Jefe de la Armada.
External linksedit
"ARA Patria". www.histarmar.com.ar. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
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patria, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, november, 2015, lea. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources ARA Patria news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 ARA Patria underwayHistoryArgentinaNamePatriaBuilderSamuda Brothers Poplar London United KingdomLaunched28 December 1893Completed1894Decommissioned1927FateScrappedGeneral characteristicsDisplacement1 070 tonsLength262 ft 6 in 80 0 m Beam30 ft 6 in 9 3 m Draught13 ft 4 0 m Installed power3 300 ihp 2 500 kW Propulsion2 3 cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines Locomotive boilers Twin screwsSpeed20 kn 37 km h Complement159Armament2 120 mm 4 7 in Armstrong guns 4 65 mm 2 6 in Armstrong guns 2 47 mm 1 9 in Nordenfelt guns 2 Nordenfelt machine guns 5 18 in torpedo tubes Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 3 1 Notes 3 2 Bibliography 4 Further reading 5 External linksHistory editThe 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 Nacion 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 Jose Garcia 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 editList of cruisers List of ships of the Argentine NavyReferences editNotes edit The Engineer 14 September 1894 p 231 Bibliography edit Boveda Jorge Rafael 2009 Las maniobras Navales de 1902 La evolucion de las tacticas de la Armada Argentina ante el conflicto con Chile 1881 1902 Boletin 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 editArguindeguy Pablo 1972 Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810 1970 in Spanish Buenos aires Comando en Jefe de la Armada External links edit ARA Patria www histarmar com ar Retrieved 9 November 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ARA Patria amp oldid 1125737798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
