ARA Nueve de Julio (1892)

	The 9 de Julio in 1910.
History
Argentina
Name	Nueve de Julio
Namesake	9 July 1816, the date of Argentine Independence
Builder	Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Elswick
Launched	1892
Completed	1893
Fate	Discarded 1930
General characteristics
Type	Protected cruiser
Displacement	3600 tons
Length	354 ft (107.9 m)
Beam	44 ft (13.4 m)
Draft	16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Propulsion	2-shaft VTE, 14,500 ihp (10,800 kW), 8 cylindrical boilers, 350 to 750 tons coal
Speed	22.25 knots (25.60 mph; 41.21 km/h)
Complement	327
Armament	4 × 6-inch (152 mm) QF guns; 8 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF guns; 12 × 3-pounder QF guns ; 5 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Protected deck: 4.5–3.5 in (114–89 mm) slopes 3.5–1.75 in (89–44 mm) flat areas; Glacis over engines: 5 in (130 mm); Gun shields: 2 in (51 mm); Conning tower: 4 in (100 mm);

Nueve de Julio was a protected cruiser of the Argentine Navy. The ship was acquired by the Argentine navy as part of the South American naval arms race in the 1890s. Completed in 1893, the vessel remained in service until 1930.