ARA Independencia (1891)

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Independencia
History
Argentina
Name	Independencia
Namesake	Independencia, the Spanish word for "independence".
Ordered	1889
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
Laid down	15 March 1890
Launched	26 February 1891
Completed	5 March 1892
Commissioned	1893
Decommissioned	1946 (Navy) 1968 (Coast Guard)
Out of service	1948 (Navy)
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Coastal defense ship
Displacement	2336 tons
Length	73.15 m (240.0 ft)
Beam	13.55 m (44.5 ft)
Draft	3.96 m (13.0 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft, 2 Vertical Compound steam engines, 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW), 4 boilers, 340 tons coal (maximum)
Speed	11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h)
Range	3000 nautical miles @ 10kn
Complement	160
Armament	2 × 240-millimetre (9.4 in) Krupp guns 4 × 120 mm (4.7 in) Elswick guns 4 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Nordenfelt QF guns 4 × 25 mm (0.98 in) Nordenfelt guns 4 × 457 mm (18.0 in) Whitehead torpedo tubes
Armour	Deck: 50 mm (2.0 in) Belt: 200 mm (7.9 in) Main gun shields: 125 mm (4.9 in) Barbettes: 200 mm (7.9 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

ARA Independencia was a coastal defense ship that served in the Argentine Navy between 1893 and 1948, and with the Argentine Coast Guard as a pilot station ship from 1949 to 1968. It was one of nine Argentine naval ships bearing this name.