| Name: | BUENOS AIRES |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 02/1893 |
| Launched: | 18/05/1895 |
| Completed: | 02/11/1895 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 612 |
| Dimensions: | 4620disp, 396.0 x 46.5 x 17.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x 4VTE (40, 60 & 66, 66ins), 12500ihp to 17000ihp |
| Engines by: | Humphrys, Tennant & Co, Deptford |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 23.2knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 8.0ins, 4 x 1 x 6.0ins QF, 6 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 16 x 1 x 3pdr guns; |
| 5 x 18.0ins torpedoes | |
| History: | |
| 02/11/1895 | Government of Argentina |
| 17/05/1932 | Stricken |
| Comments: | 02/1893: Laid down as a stock ship |
| 27/11/1893: Sold to the Government of Argentina | |
| 17/05/1932: Stricken | |
| 1935: Broken up |
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Above photo is courtesy of Argentine Navy
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