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Buenos Aires-class destroyer

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between the funnels replacing the original anti-aircraft machine guns, and two twin air-cooled Bofors unique to the Argentine and Swedish navies (instead of the more common water-cooled mounts) replacing the after bank of torpedo tubes. Radar and sonar were also fitted at this time and
603:. The destroyers' fire kept at bay a group of armed civilians and soldiers attempting to storm the local naval base. Some civilian property was damaged. The destroyer force also shelled the headquarters of the 1604: 768: 1599: 1553: 1563: 1558: 1568: 1594: 761: 206: 616: 1433: 1284: 712: 754: 338: 1291: 1173: 1338: 674: 1589: 1166: 740: 1194: 1187: 600: 563: 426: 593: 1159: 1180: 1520: 777: 621: 492: 320: 266: 259: 85: 1119: 529: 1458: 1091: 1084: 1077: 649: 437: 410: 384: 1112: 1105: 509: 457: 350:
anti-submarine weapons. Anti-submarine weaponry was further improved with 4 throwers and 2 stern tracks.
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when the latter shelled and destroyed fuel depots at the port of Mar del Plata, in the course of the
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Montehengo, Guillermo J. "An Argentinian Naval Buildup in the Disarmament Era".
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Destroyers ("Destructores (Tambien llamados Torpederos)") – Histarmar website
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4,100 nmi (7,600 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
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in the fog during naval exercises and sank on 3 October 1941, 54
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these ships were modified by installing two single hand-worked
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Index

ARA Buenos Aires
Vickers Armstrong
Argentine Navy
Mendoza class
Brown class
Destroyer
Parsons
Admiralty boilers
knots
4.7 in (120 mm) QF Mark IX
0.50 in (12.7 mm)
533 mm (21 in)
torpedo tubes
destroyers
Argentine Navy

G-class destroyers
British
Royal Navy
World War II
40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns
Hedgehog
ARA Buenos Aires
Vickers-Armstrong
ARA Corrientes
ARA Almirante Brown
ARA Entre Rios
ARA Misiones
Cammell Laird
ARA San Juan

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