Mendoza-class destroyer
Mendoza in 1932 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mendoza class |
| Builders | JS White, Cowes, England |
| Operators | Argentine Navy |
| Preceded by | Cervantes class |
| Succeeded by | Buenos Aires class |
| Built | 1927–1929 |
| In commission | 1929–1961 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Retired | 3 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 102.11 m (335 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 9.68 m (31 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 3.81 m (12 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 160 |
| Armament |
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The Mendoza class were a series of three destroyers built in the United Kingdom for the Argentine Navy in the 1920s. They were the first part of the Argentine re-armament programme of the 1920s. Construction began in 1927 and all three were commissioned in 1929. All three destroyers were converted to anti-aircraft escorts in 1958 and remained in service until 1962 when they were discarded.