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La Plata between the wars

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Córdoba	D2, 1952- T15	850	Schichau, Elbing, Germany	1910	11.1910	7.1912	stricken 1.1956
La Plata	D4, 1952- T16	851	Schichau, Elbing, Germany	1910	1.1911	3.1912	stricken 1.1956

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	875
Displacement full, t	1368
Length, m	90.0
Breadth, m	9.00
Draught, m	2.80
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Curtis-AEG steam turbines, 5 Schulz-Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	28000
Max speed, kts	35
Fuel, t	coal 290 + oil 50
Endurance, nm(kts)	3000(15)
Armament	4 x 1 - 102/50 Bethlehem No.1, 4 x 1 - 533 TT
Complement	150

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Project history

In January, 1909 the Argentine parliament has assigned means for building of 12 large destroyers under the 1907 program, accepted after the five years moratorium in reply to strengthening of Brazilian Navy. Orders for building have been given out in the end 1909 to British Cammell Laird (ships were named San Luis, Santa Fé, Santiago and Tucumán), French A C de Bretagne (San Juan and Salta) and Dyle & Bacalan (Mendoza and La Rioja), German Schichau (La Plata and Córdoba) and Krupp-Germaniawerft (Catamarca and Jujuy). All ships should had displacement of about 1000t, 32kts speed, were armed by 4 102mm/50 Bethlehem-Vickers guns and 4 single 533mm TTs, but differed with ship dimensions, machinery structure and funnels number. German-built destroyers were equipped with Curtiss-AEG turbines and Schultz-Thornycroft boilers with mixed firing. On six-hour trials 18.10.1911 Córdoba has shown 34.7kts at 25000hp, and La Plata made 36.8kts at 28000hp. Both destroyers built by Germaniawerft also exceeded contract speed on 2kts. In the summer of 1912 these ships crossed Atlantic and arrived to Argentina.     Remaining 8 destroyers were not commissioned by Argentine Navy. Contract with Cammell Laird has been cancelled by Argentine party, ships finally were sold to Greece as Aetos, Ierax, Panthir and Leon. Remained ships 9.8.1914 were requisitioned by France and commissioned by French Navy as Temeraire, Intrepide, Aventurier and Opiniatre.     To the Second World War beginning all destroyers made no more than 27kts.

Modernizations

1924-1925, both: boilers were converted to pure oil (220t of oil, 24000hp, 32kts, 2700(15)nm); - 1 x 1 - 102/50, 4 x 1 - 533 TT; + 2 x 1 - 2 x 1 - 37/43 11.2pdr QF AA Vickers, 2 x 2 - 533 TT, 1 DCT

Naval service

All ships were stricken 10.1.1956 and BU in 1959-1960.