ARA El Plata (1874)

ARA El Plata was the first of two El Plata-class monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy.

Description
El Plata was 186 ft long overall, with a beam of 44 ft and a draft of 9.5 - 10.5 ft. She displaced 1535 - 1677 LT, and her crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men.

The ship had two compound steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, rated at a total power of 750 ihp. This gave her a maximum speed of 9 - 9.5 kn. El Plata carried 120 LT of coal which gave her a range of approximately 1400 nmi.