ARA Corrientes sinking after collision with cruiser Almirante Brown on 3 October 1941
The ships were based on the contemporary G-class destroyers building for the BritishRoyal Navy, with some modifications to suit Argentine requirements.
After World War II these ships were modified by installing two single hand-worked 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns between the funnels replacing the original anti-aircraft machine guns, and two twin air-cooled Bofors unique to the Argentine and Swedish navies (instead of the more common water-cooled mounts) replacing the after bank of torpedo tubes. Radar and sonar were also fitted at this time and Santa Cruz landed the "B" gun in favor of a pair of Hedgehog anti-submarine weapons. Anti-submarine weaponry was further improved with 4 throwers and 2 stern tracks.
ARA Corrientes collided with cruiser ARA Almirante Brown in the fog during naval exercises and sank on 3 October 1941, 54 nm northeast of Mar del Plata.[1]
On 19 September 1955, San Luis, San Juan and Entre Rios supported the cruiser ARA Nueve de Julio when the latter shelled and destroyed fuel depots at the port of Mar del Plata, in the course of the Revolucion Libertadora. The destroyers' fire kept at bay a group of armed civilians and soldiers attempting to storm the local naval base. Some civilian property was damaged. The destroyer force also shelled the headquarters of the Army Antiaircraft School, north of the city, some hours later.[2]
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buenos, aires, class, destroyer, were, group, destroyers, built, argentine, navy, britain, 1930s, buenos, airesclass, overviewnamebuenos, aires, classbuildersvickers, armstrong, john, brown, cammell, laird, ukoperators, argentine, navypreceded, bymendoza, clas. The Buenos Aires class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s ARA Buenos AiresClass overviewNameBuenos Aires classBuildersVickers Armstrong John Brown Cammell Laird UKOperators Argentine NavyPreceded byMendoza classSucceeded byBrown classBuilt1936 1938In commission1938 73Completed7Lost1Retired6General characteristicsTypeDestroyerDisplacement1 375 t 1 353 long tons standard 2 042 t 2 010 long tons full loadLength98 45 m 323 ft 0 in Beam10 38 m 34 ft 1 in Draught3 2 m 10 ft 6 in Propulsion2 shaft geared Parsons steam turbines three boilers 25 000 kW 34 000 hp Speed35 knots 65 km h 40 mph Range4 100 nmi 7 600 km at 14 kn 26 km h 16 mph Complement130Armament4 4 7 in 120 mm QF Mark IX guns 4 1 8 0 50 in 12 7 mm machine guns 8 533 mm 21 in torpedo tubes 2 4 Contents 1 Design 2 Ships 3 Operational history 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Notes 5 2 Bibliography 6 External linksDesign edit nbsp ARA Corrientes sinking after collision with cruiser Almirante Brown on 3 October 1941The ships were based on the contemporary G class destroyers building for the British Royal Navy with some modifications to suit Argentine requirements After World War II these ships were modified by installing two single hand worked 40 mm 1 6 in Bofors guns between the funnels replacing the original anti aircraft machine guns and two twin air cooled Bofors unique to the Argentine and Swedish navies instead of the more common water cooled mounts replacing the after bank of torpedo tubes Radar and sonar were also fitted at this time and Santa Cruz landed the B gun in favor of a pair of Hedgehog anti submarine weapons Anti submarine weaponry was further improved with 4 throwers and 2 stern tracks Ships editShip Builder Launched Commissioned FateARA Buenos Aires T6 D6 Vickers Armstrong Barrow 21 September 1937 4 April 1938 Scrapped 1971ARA Corrientes T8 21 September 1937 1 July 1938 Sunk in collision with cruiser ARA Almirante Brown 3 October 1941ARA Entre Rios T7 D7 21 September 1937 15 May 1938 Scrapped 1973ARA Misiones T11 D11 Cammell Laird Birkenhead 23 September 1937 5 September 1938 Scrapped 1971ARA San Juan T9 D9 John Brown amp Company Clydebank 24 June 1937 23 March 1938 Scrapped 1973ARA San Luis T10 D10 23 August 1937 23 March 1938 Scrapped 1971ARA Santa Cruz T12 D12 Cammell Laird 3 November 1937 26 September 1938 Scrapped 1973Operational history editARA Corrientes collided with cruiser ARA Almirante Brown in the fog during naval exercises and sank on 3 October 1941 54 nm northeast of Mar del Plata 1 On 19 September 1955 San Luis San Juan and Entre Rios supported the cruiser ARA Nueve de Julio when the latter shelled and destroyed fuel depots at the port of Mar del Plata in the course of the Revolucion Libertadora The destroyers fire kept at bay a group of armed civilians and soldiers attempting to storm the local naval base Some civilian property was damaged The destroyer force also shelled the headquarters of the Army Antiaircraft School north of the city some hours later 2 See also editList of ships of the Argentine Navy Mendoza class destroyerReferences editNotes edit El Choque y Hundimiento del Torpedero Corrientes www histarmar com ar in Spanish Retrieved 2017 12 10 Hace 61 anos bombardeaban el puerto de Mar del Plata Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata in European Spanish Retrieved 2017 12 10 Bibliography edit Whitley M J 1988 Destroyers of World War 2 Cassell Publishing ISBN 1 85409 521 8 Montehengo Guillermo J An Argentinian Naval Buildup in the Disarmament Era a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help External links edit in Spanish Destroyers Destructores Tambien llamados Torpederos Histarmar website accessed 2017 02 04 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Buenos Aires class destroyer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Buenos Aires class destroyer amp oldid 1165984775, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
