ARA Garibaldi
| Company type | Armored cruiser |
|---|---|
| Industry | Naval shipbuilding |
| Founded | May 27, 1895 |
| Defunct | March 20, 1934 |
| Products | Warship |
Template:Infobox ship begin Template:Infobox ship image Template:Infobox ship career Template:Infobox ship characteristics |} ARA Garibaldi was among four armored cruisers of the Error: {{sclass}} missing required parameter: ship type (help) class procured by the Argentine Navy from Italy.
Design and description
The Garibaldi measured an overall length of approximately 344 feet (105 m) (106.3 metres (349 ft)), with a beam spanning 50.8 feet (15.5 m) (15.5 metres (51 ft)) and an average draft near 23.3 feet (7.1 m) (7.1 metres (23 ft)). Her normal displacement was about 6,773 tonnes (6,666 long tons; 7,466 short tons) (long tons). Propulsion was provided by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each connected to a shaft, fueled by steam from eight cylindrical Scotch marine boilers. These engines were engineered to deliver up to 13,000 indicated horsepower (9,700 kW), enabling a maximum speed of 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph). The vessel could cover roughly 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) cruising at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). The crew complement consisted of 28 officers and 420 enlisted sailors.
Her primary firepower included two Armstrong Whitworth EOC 10-inch (254 mm), 40-caliber guns mounted in turrets located at the fore and aft sections of the superstructure. The secondary battery comprised ten quick-firing 6-inch (152 mm), 40-caliber guns positioned in casemates amidships on the main deck. For defense against torpedo boats, she carried six quick-firing 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns, ten 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns, and eight 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns. Additionally, the cruiser was equipped with four above-water torpedo tubes measuring 457 mm in diameter, arranged as two on each side.
Protection included a waterline armor belt with thickness ranging from approximately 150 mm amidships tapering down to about 80 mm towards the bow and stern. This belt extended between the main gun barbettes and covered the entire side of the hull up to the upper deck level. The barbettes, conning tower, and gun turrets were shielded by armor plates about 150 mm thick, while the deck armor varied between one and two inches in thickness.
Construction and service history
The vessel was launched on 27 May 1895 and officially removed from the naval register on 20 March 1934.
Notes
References
- Arguindeguy, Pablo. Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970). Buenos Aires: Comando en Jefe de la Armada, 1972. (in Spanish)
- Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, editors. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Silverstone, Paul H. Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1984. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
Further reading
- Burzaco, Ricardo. Acorazados y Cruceros De La Armada Argentina. Buenos Aires: Eugenio B, 1997. ISBN 987-96764-0-8 (in Spanish)
- Oyarzábal, Guillermo Andrés. "The Armoured Cruiser Garibaldi (1895)." In Bruce Taylor (ed.), The World of the Battleship: The Lives and Careers of Twenty-One Capital Ships of the World's Navies, 1880–1990. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing, 2018. ISBN 978-0870219061.