ARA General Belgrano (1896)

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General Belgrano at sea before 1927
History
Argentina
Name	Belgrano
Namesake	Manuel Belgrano
Builder	Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno
Launched	25 July 1897
Completed	8 October 1898
Acquired	1897
Stricken	8 May 1947
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1953
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser
Displacement	8,100 t (8,000 long tons) (deep load)
Length	106.7 m (350 ft 1 in)
Beam	16.2 m (53 ft 2 in)
Draft	7.6 m (25 ft)
Installed power	8 cylindrical boilers 13,000 ihp (9,700 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	488
Armament	2 × single 254 mm (10 in) guns 14 × single 152 mm (6 in) guns 2 × single 76 mm (3.0 in) guns 10 × single 57 mm (2.2 in) Hotchkiss guns 8 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) Maxim guns 4 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 80–150 mm (3.1–5.9 in) Barbettes: 150 mm (5.9 in) Gun turrets: 150 mm (5.9 in) Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in)

ARA General Belgrano was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser of the Argentine Navy. The ship was built in Italy, along with three sister ships also for Argentina (Garibaldi, Pueyrredón and San Martín). The vessel was the first to have been named after the Argentine founding father Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820). The ship was laid down in 1896 and served on the Argentine Navy until she was stricken on 8 May 1947.