 Watercolor of El Plata
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | El Plata class |
| Builders | Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London |
| Operators |  Argentine Navy |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | None |
| Built | 1874–1876 |
| In service | 1875–1927 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 2 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Monitor |
| Displacement | 1,535–1,677 long tons (1,560–1,704 t) |
| Length | 180 ft (54.9 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 44 ft (13.4 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 1 in (2.8 m) |
| Installed power | 750 ihp (560 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 compound steam engines |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Range | 1,400 nmi (2,600 km; 1,600 mi) |
| Complement | 120 |
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The El Plata class consisted of a pair of monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy. They served as coastal defence ships.[1]
- ^ Particulars of the War Ships of the World: (Extracted from Lloyd's Register Book, 1892-93). 10th rev. issue. Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1892. p. 87.