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The vessel was powered by a three-cylinder triple expansion marine steam engine. This engine, coupled with two oil-fired boilers, produced a substantial 8,500 horsepower. Such a propulsion system was typical of the advanced maritime engineering practices of the early 20th century.
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was a tanker built in 1921 at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan, Scotland. This ship featured a metal hull and superstructure, which included two masts and a single funnel, a characteristic design for tankers during that period.
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The tanker had a length of 351.2 feet, a breadth of 47.0 feet, and a depth of 28.2 feet, with a gross register tonnage of 3934. These dimensions highlight the substantial size and capacity of the
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was launched on 22 June 1921, completed in November, and arrived in Buenos Aires on 28 December 1921 with an
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was ordered by the Argentine Naval Commission in London by direct contract with
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Career and characteristics data from "Histarmar" and "Flota YPF" websites.
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Buques de la Armada Argentina: Sus comandos y operaciones. Vol. III
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Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810–1970)
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shipyard, signed in November 1920; the cost was £345,000
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about 620 nmi (1,150 km; 710 mi) east of
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Pedro Casal. She was transferred on 16 January 1922 to
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Bertke, Donald; Smith, Gordon; Kindell, Don (2014).
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Index

ARA Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering
YPF
Tanker
marine steam engine
auxiliary ship
Argentine Navy
Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Shipyard
YPF
Argentina
Santa Cruz

adding to it
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
STG
Argentine Navy
Frigate Captain
Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales
Liberty ship
John Carter Rose
German submarine U-201
Trinidad
scrapped
Campana
List of ships of the Argentine Navy


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