ARA General Belgrano (1896)
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For the Argentine ship of the same name, sunk during the Falklands War, see ARA General Belgrano. For the Argentine politician and military leader, see Manuel Belgrano.
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ARA General Belgrano sometime between 1898 and 1947
ARA General Belgrano was a Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser of the Argentine Navy. The ship was built in in Italy, along with three sisters ships for the Argentine Navy (Garibaldi, Pueyrredón and San Martín) and is considered part of the Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi-class cruiser. The ship was launched in 1896 and served the Argentine Navy until she was stricken on 8 May 1947.
Notes
References
- Gardiner, Robert, ed (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 400. ISBN 9780870219078. OCLC 12119866.
Further reading
- (Spanish) Burzaco, Ricardo. Acorazados y Cruceros De La Armada Argentina. Eugenio B, Buenos Aires, 1997. ISBN 987-96764-0-8
- (Spanish) Arguindeguy, Pablo. Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810–1970). Comando en Jefe de la Armada, Buenos aires, 1972. ISBN n/d
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