''Almirante Brown'' was a

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in service with the

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. The ship was named in honour of Admiral

Guillermo Brown William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown or ''Almirante'' Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine admiral. Brown's successes in the Argentine War of Independence, the Cisplatine War and the Anglo-Frenc ...

, the Father of the Argentine Navy.

Design and construction

''Almirante Brown'' was built by Odero in

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(

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), laid down 27 November 1927, launched on 11 August 1929, and completed 11 July 1931. Her total

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was 6,800 tons. The ship was broadly similar to the Italian but was armed with three twin gun turrets as against four twin guns. Another important difference was the repositioning of the boilers, which gave the ship a single funnel. On trials the cruiser reached its contracted speed of . As completed the ship had a short funnel but it was subsequently raised. During the Second World War the ship finally received the catapult which had been included in the original design. The catapult and crane were carried on the centreline between the funnel and mainmast, with two Grumman floatplanes. When built six twin anti-aircraft guns were mounted at forecastle deck level but these were later replaced by twin Bofors guns. ''Almirante Brown'' was decommissioned on 27 June 1961 and sold for breaking up in Italy in 1962.

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* David Miller, ''Illustrated Directory of Warships - from 1860 to the present day.'' (Salamander Books, London, 2001) *

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, ''Cruisers of World War II, An International Encyclopedia'' (1995) Arms and Armour Press * Purnell's Illustrated encyclopedia of Modern Weapons and Warfare

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