 ARA Buenos Aires
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Buenos Aires class |
| Builders | Vickers Armstrong, John Brown, Cammell Laird, UK |
| Operators |  Argentine Navy |
| Preceded by | Mendoza class |
| Succeeded by | Brown class |
| Built | 1936–1938 |
| In commission | 1938–73 |
| Completed | 7 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Retired | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 98.45 m (323 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 10.38 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 shaft geared Parsons steam turbines, three Admiralty boilers, 25,000 kW (34,000 hp) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,100 nmi (7,600 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 130 |
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The Buenos Aires-class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.