ARA Libertad (1892)

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Libertad circa 1893
History
Argentina
Name	Libertad
Namesake	Libertad, the Spanish word for "freedom"
Ordered	1889
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, United Kingdom
Laid down	1890
Launched	1892
Completed	1892
Commissioned	26 November 1892
Decommissioned	1947 (Navy) 1968 (Coast Guard)
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	225
Armament	2 × 240-millimetre (9 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 Libertad was a coastal defense ship that served in the Argentine Navy between 1892 and 1947, and with the Argentine Coast Guard as a pilot station ship from 1947 to 1968. It was the seventh Argentine naval ship with this name.