central battery ironclad built 1880s london displaced long tons speed knots mph ship protected belt inch steel faced armor carried main battery breech loading guns major warships world use steel armor remained largest vessel argentine fleet nearly decades peaceful career fleet 1880s 1890s 1920s reduced coastal defense ship remained service early 1930s stricken naval register november sold scrapping design general characteristics machinery feet long perpendiculars beam draft displaced long tons combat load hull steel built wood hull included double ram bow fitted pole masts ship crew officers men propulsion system consisted compound steam engines drove pair propellers steam engines provided coal fired cylindrical water tube boilers boilers split separate watertight boiler rooms steam engines individual engine rooms engines rated indicated horsepower produced speed knots mph capacity store metric tons long tons short tons coal boilers addition steam engines fitted sailing rig auxiliary cruising sail plan area square feet armament armor equipped main battery inch guns mounted individually casemates central battery bow stern breech loading guns new development rendered significantly powerful vessel completed years earlier carried guns single mounts upper deck mounted forward located aft inch stern close range defense small craft provided pair pounder guns pair pounder guns ship protected compound armor steel face manufactured german firm use steel armor new development naval technology permitted significant weight savings main armored belt thick amidships reduced bow stern main belt armor thick amidships end ship central battery protected armor plate lower armor upper atop central battery armored deck thick deck fore aft battery thick conning tower thick sides service history argentina inquiries britain buy new ocean going capital ship navy point consisted coastal forces centered small class coastal defense ships large ironclad ordered brothers shipyard london launched october cost argentine government june conducted speed trials achieved designed speed knots power delivery argentina largest vessel argentine fleet remained class armored cruisers acquired late 1890s present ceremonies opening south basin harbor buenos_aires january july ship thought lost storm claimed torpedo boat protected cruiser believed sunk storm survived following year heavy units took putting naval revolution went dry dock shipyard toulon modernization main battery guns replaced caliber quick firing guns replaced guns central battery mounted pairs place bow stern guns addition old inch guns replaced new quick firing models crew reduced officers men 1920s reduced coastal defense training ship having long rendered obsolete dreadnought battleships december crewmen rowed ashore defeat group based ship remained service early 1930s november stricken naval register subsequently discarded
ARA Almirante Brown (1880)