ARA La Argentina (1883)

	Corvette ARA La Argentina, circa early 1890s
History
Argentina
Name	La Argentina
Namesake	frigate of the same name, under command of Hippolyte Bouchard in the corsair campaign of 1816-19
Builder	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Launched	1883
Completed	1884
Acquired	1883
Commissioned	1884
Out of service	1900/1901
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Type	steam and sail corvette, used as training ship
Displacement	1050 tons
Length	69.9 m (229.3 ft)
Beam	8.5 m (27.9 ft)
Draft	6.0 m (19.7 ft)
Propulsion	1-shaft compound steam engine, 750 hp (560 kW), 2 cylindrical boilers, 200 tons coal
Speed	12.5 knots (14.4 mph; 23.2 km/h)
Complement	120 to 150
Armament	1 × 150-millimetre (6 in) Armstrong gun; 4 × 765 mm (30.1 in) Krupp QF guns; 2 × 75 mm (3.0 in) Krupp guns, on landing carriages; 1 × 37mm 5-barrel Hotchkiss gun; 1 × 37mm 4-barrel Hotchkiss gun; 2 Gardner machine guns;

ARA La Argentina was a steam corvette that served as a training ship with the Argentine Navy between 1884 and 1895, and in other roles until decommissioned in 1899.

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