El Plata-class monitor
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Watercolor of El Plata
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| Name: | El Plata class |
| Builders: | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London |
| Operators: |  Argentine Navy |
| Preceded by: | None |
| Succeeded by: | None |
| Built: | 1874–1876 |
| In service: | 1875–1927 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Scrapped: | 2 |
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| Type: | Monitor |
| Displacement: | 1,535 long tons (1,560 t) |
| Length: | 180 ft (54.9 m) (p/p) |
| Beam: | 44 ft (13.4 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 1 in (2.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 750 ihp (560 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, Compound steam engines |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Range: | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) |
| Complement: | 120 |
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The El Plata-class monitors were a pair of monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy.
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Description
The El Plata-class monitors were 186 feet (56.7 m) long overall, with a beam of 44 feet (13.4 m) and a draft of 9.5–10.5 feet (2.9–3.2 m). They displaced 1,535–1,677 long tons (1,560–1,704 t), and their crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men.[1]
The ships had two compound steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of 750 indicated horsepower (560 kW). This gave them a maximum speed of 9–9.5 knots (16.7–17.6 km/h; 10.4–10.9 mph). They carried 120 long tons (122 t) of coal which gave them a range of approximately 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km; 1,600 mi).[1]
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