San Martín had an overall length of 344 feet 2 inches (104.9 m), a beam of 50 feet 8 inches (15.4 m), and a mean draft (ship) of 23 feet 4 inches (7.1 m). She displaced 6,773 metric tons (6,666 long tons) at normal load. The ship was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam from eight Scotch marine boilers.[1] The engines were designed for a maximum output of 13,500 indicated horsepower (10,100 kW) and a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). She had a cruising range of 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[2] Her complement consisted of 28 officers and 460 enlisted men.[3]
The ship's waterlinearmor belt had a maximum thickness of 5.9 inches (150 mm) amidships and tapered to 3.1 inches (79 mm) towards the ends of the ship. Between the main gun barbettes it covered the entire side of the ship up to the level of the upper deck. The barbettes, the conning tower, and gun turrets were also protected by 5.9-inch armor.[1] Her deck armor ranged from 1 to 2 inches (25 to 51 mm) thick.[2]
Construction and careeredit
The ship was launched on 25 May 1896 and was stricken from the Navy List on 18 December 1935.
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January 01, 1970
martín, other, ships, with, same, name, list, ships, named, four, giuseppe, garibaldi, class, armored, cruisers, purchased, argentine, navy, from, italy, colorized, photo, martin, trialshistory, argentina, namesan, martin, namesakejosé, martín, buildercantiere. For other ships with the same name see List of ships named ARA San Martin ARA San Martin was one of four Giuseppe Garibaldi class armored cruisers purchased by the Argentine Navy from Italy Colorized photo of San Martin on her sea trialsHistory Argentina NameSan Martin NamesakeJose de San Martin BuilderCantiere navale fratelli Orlando Livorno Launched25 May 1896 AcquiredOctober 1896 Stricken18 December 1935 FateScrapped 1947 General characteristics as built Class and typeGiuseppe Garibaldi class armored cruiser Displacement8 100 t 8 000 long tons deep load Length106 7 m 350 ft 1 in Beam16 2 m 53 ft 2 in Draft7 6 m 25 ft Installed power13 000 ihp 9 700 kW 8 cylindrical boilers Propulsion2 Shafts 2 Vertical triple expansion steam engines Speed18 knots 33 km h 21 mph Range6 000 nautical miles 11 000 km 6 900 mi at 10 knots 19 km h 12 mph Complement488 Armament2 twin 203 mm 8 in guns 10 single 152 mm 6 in guns 6 single 120 mm 4 7 in guns 10 single 57 mm 2 2 in Hotchkiss guns 8 single 37 mm 1 5 in Maxim guns 4 1 457 mm 18 in torpedo tubes ArmorBelt 80 150 mm 3 1 5 9 in Barbettes 150 mm 5 9 in Gun turrets 150 mm 5 9 in Conning tower 150 mm 5 9 in Contents 1 Design and description 2 Construction and career 3 Notes 4 Footnotes 5 ReferencesDesign and description editSan Martin had an overall length of 344 feet 2 inches 104 9 m a beam of 50 feet 8 inches 15 4 m and a mean draft ship of 23 feet 4 inches 7 1 m She displaced 6 773 metric tons 6 666 long tons at normal load The ship was powered by two vertical triple expansion steam engines each driving one shaft using steam from eight Scotch marine boilers 1 The engines were designed for a maximum output of 13 500 indicated horsepower 10 100 kW and a speed of 20 knots 37 km h 23 mph She had a cruising range of 6 000 nautical miles 11 000 km 6 900 mi at 10 knots 19 km h 12 mph 2 Her complement consisted of 28 officers and 460 enlisted men 3 Her main armament consisted of four 45 caliber Armstrong Whitworth 8 inch 203 mm guns in twin gun turrets fore and aft of the superstructure The ten 40 caliber quick firing QF 6 inch 152 mm guns that comprised her secondary armament were arranged in casemates amidships on the main deck San Martin also had six QF 4 7 inch 119 mm and six QF 6 pounder Hotchkiss guns to defend herself against torpedo boats She was also equipped with four above water 457 mm 18 0 in torpedo tubes two on each side 1 The ship s waterline armor belt had a maximum thickness of 5 9 inches 150 mm amidships and tapered to 3 1 inches 79 mm towards the ends of the ship Between the main gun barbettes it covered the entire side of the ship up to the level of the upper deck The barbettes the conning tower and gun turrets were also protected by 5 9 inch armor 1 Her deck armor ranged from 1 to 2 inches 25 to 51 mm thick 2 Construction and career editThe ship was launched on 25 May 1896 and was stricken from the Navy List on 18 December 1935 Notes editFootnotes edit a b c Chesneau amp Kolsnik p 403 a b Silverstone p 11 Arguindeguy Tomo IV p 1778References editArguindeguy Pablo 1972 Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810 1970 in Spanish Buenos Aires Comando en Jefe de la Armada Burzaco Ricardo 1997 Acorazados y Cruceros de la Armada Argentina 1881 1992 in Spanish Buenos Aires Argentina Eugenio B Ediciones ISBN 987 96764 0 8 Crucero Acorazado San Martin 1897 Historia y Arqueologia Maritima in Spanish Chesneau Roger amp Kolesnik Eugene M eds 1979 Conway s All the World s Fighting Ships 1860 1905 Greenwich Conway Maritime Press ISBN 0 8317 0302 4 Freivogel Zvonimir 2012 Jordan John ed The Loss of the Giuseppe Garibaldi Warship 2012 London Conway pp 40 51 ISBN 978 1 84486 156 9 Soliani N Colonel 1905 The Armoured Cruisers Kasuga and Nisshin of the Imperial Japanese Navy Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects XLVII Part I 43 59 Retrieved 28 October 2015 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Silverstone Paul H 1984 Directory of the World s Capital Ships New York Hippocrene Books ISBN 0 88254 979 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ARA San Martin amp oldid 1060285962, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
