| Name: | 25 DE MAYO or VEINTICINCO DE MAYO |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 18/06/1885 |
| Launched: | 05/05/1890 |
| Completed: | 02/1891 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 541 |
| Dimensions: | 3180disp, 330.0 x 43.0 x 16.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl (40, 60 & 66, 66 x 30ins), 8300ihp to 14000ihp |
| Engines by: | Humphrey & Tennant, London |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 22.4knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 8.2ins, 8 x 1 x 4.7ins, 12 x 1 x 3pdr guns; 3 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 02/1891 | Argentinian Navy |
| 1921 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Laid down as a stock cruiser |
| 05/05/1890: Launched as NECOCHEA | |
| 1921: Start of a gradual process of breaking up at Santiago |
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