El Plata-class monitor

The El Plata class consisted of a pair of monitors built in Britain in the 1870s for the Argentine Navy. They served as coastal defence ships.

Description
The El Plata-class monitors were 186 ft long overall, with a beam of 44 ft and a draft of 9.5 - 10.5 ft. They displaced 1535 - 1677 LT, and their crew numbered 120 officers and enlisted men.

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

Ships in class

 * ARA El Plata
 * ARA Los Andes