ARA El Plata (1874)

	Watercolor of El Plata
History
Argentina
Name	ARA El Plata
Builder	Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Launched	29 August 1874
Stricken	16 November 1927
Fate	Sold, 1927
General characteristics (as built)
Type	El Plata-class 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
Armament	2 × 9 in (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles; 2 × small guns;
Armor	Belt: 4.5–6 in (114–152 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm); Gun turret: 8–10 in (203–254 mm);

ARA El Plata was the first of two El Plata-class monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy.

History
Watercolor of El Plata
Argentina
Name	ARA El Plata
Builder	Laird Brothers, Birkenhead
Launched	29 August 1874
Stricken	16 November 1927
Fate	Sold, 1927
General characteristics (as built)
Type	El Plata-class 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
Armament	2 × 9 in (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 2 × small guns
Armor	Belt: 4.5–6 in (114–152 mm) Deck: 1 in (25 mm) Gun turret: 8–10 in (203–254 mm)