Buenos Aires-class destroyer
Introduction The '''''Buenos Aires''-class destroyers''' were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.
Design ARA ''Corrientes'' sinking after collision with cruiser ''Almirante Brown'' on 3 October 1941The ships were based on the contemporary G-class destroyers building for the British Royal Navy, with some modifications to suit Argentine requirements.After World War II these ships were modified by installing two single hand-worked  Bofors guns between the funnels replacing the original anti-aircraft machine guns, and two twin air-cooled Bofors unique to the Argentine and Swedish navies (instead of the more common water-cooled mounts) replacing the after bank of torpedo tubes. Radar and sonar were also fitted at this time and ''Santa Cruz'' landed the "B" gun in favor of a pair of Hedgehog anti-submarine weapons. Anti-submarine weaponry was further improved with 4 throwers and 2 stern tracks.
Ships  Ship Builder Launched Commissioned Fate  (T6 / D6)Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow 21 September 1937 4 April 1938Scrapped 1971  (T8) 21 September 1937 1 July 1938Sunk in collision with cruiser , 3 October 1941  (T7 / D7)21 September 193715 May 1938Scrapped 1973  (T11 / D11)Cammell Laird, Birkenhead23 September 19375 September 1938Scrapped 1971  (T9 / D9)John Brown & Company, Clydebank24 June 193723 March 1938Scrapped 1973  (T10 / D10)23 August 193723 March 1938Scrapped 1971  (T12 / D12)Cammell Laird3 November 193726 September 1938Scrapped 1973
Operational history ARA ''Corrientes'' collided with cruiser ARA ''Almirante Brown'' in the fog during naval exercises and sank on 3 October 1941, 54 nm northeast of Mar del Plata. On 19 September 1955, ''San Luis'', ''San Juan'' and ''Entre Rios'' supported the cruiser ARA Nueve ''de Julio'' when the latter  shelled and destroyed fuel depots at the port of Mar del Plata, in the course of the Revolucion Libertadora. The destroyers' fire kept at bay a group of armed civilians and soldiers attempting to storm the local naval base. Some civilian property was damaged. The destroyer force also shelled the headquarters of the Army Antiaircraft School, north of the city, some hours later.
See also * List of ships of the Argentine Navy* ''Mendoza''-class destroyer
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External links *   Destroyers ("Destructores (Tambien llamados Torpederos)") – Histarmar website (accessed 2017-02-04)