ARA Almirante Brown (1880)

History
Argentina
Name	Almirante Brown
Namesake	William Brown
Builder	Samuda Brothers, London
Launched	6 October 1880
Refit	1897–98
Stricken	17 November 1932
Fate	Scrapped, 1932
General characteristics
Type	Central-battery ironclad
Displacement	4,200 long tons (4,300 t)
Length	240 ft (73.2 m) (p/p)
Beam	50 ft (15.2 m)
Draft	20 ft 6 in (6.2 m) (deep load)
Installed power	8 cylindrical boilers 5,400 ihp (4,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Compound steam engines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	520
Armament	8 × 1 – Armstrong 8-inch (203 mm) Rifled breech loaders 6 × 1 – 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns 2 × 1 – 9-pounder guns 2 × 1 – 7-pounder guns
Armor	Belt: 6–9 in (152–229 mm) Deck: .625–1.5 in (16–38 mm) Battery: 6–8 in (152–203 mm) Conning tower: 8 in (203 mm) Bulkheads: 5.5–7.5 in (140–191 mm)

ARA Almirante Brown was a central battery ironclad of the Argentine Navy built in the 1880s by Samuda Brothers in London. Almirante Brown displaced 4,200 long tons (4,300 t) and had a top speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). The ship was protected by a belt of nine-inch (230 mm) steel-faced armor and she carried a main battery of eight breech-loading guns. She was among the first major warships in the world to use steel armor, and remained the largest vessel in the Argentine fleet for over 15 years. Almirante Brown had a peaceful career in the fleet during the 1880s and 1890s. By the 1920s, she was reduced to a coastal defense ship, and remained in service until the early 1930s. She was stricken from the naval register in November 1932 and sold for scrapping.