ARA Libertad (1892)
Libertad circa 1893 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Argentina | |
| Name | Libertad |
| Namesake | Libertad, the Spanish word for "freedom" |
| Ordered | 1889 |
| Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, United Kingdom |
| Laid down | 1890 |
| Launched | 1892 |
| Completed | 1892 |
| Commissioned | 26 November 1892 |
| Decommissioned | 1947 (Navy) 1968 (Coast Guard) |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Coastal defense ship |
| Displacement | 2336 tons |
| Length | 73.15 m (240.0 ft) |
| Beam | 13.55 m (44.5 ft) |
| Draft | 3.96 m (13.0 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft, 2 Vertical Compound steam engines, 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW), 4 boilers, 340 tons coal (maximum) |
| Speed | 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Range | 3000 nautical miles @ 10kn |
| Complement | 225 |
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ARA Libertad was a coastal defense ship that served in the Argentine Navy between 1892 and 1947, and with the Argentine Coast Guard as a pilot station ship from 1947 to 1968. It was the seventh Argentine naval ship with this name.