''Nueve de Julio'' was a

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of the Argentine Navy. The ship was acquired by the Argentine navy as part of the South American naval arms race in the 1890s. Completed in 1893, the vessel remained in service until 1930.

Design and construction

Argentina and its rival Chile purchased a series of cruisers in a local naval arms race from the 1890s to 1902, in which Armstrong of Elswick sold ships to both sides, as well as to Brazil. ''Nueve de Julio'' was designed by Philip Watts and was one of a series of fast

protected cruisers Protected cruisers, a type of naval cruiser of the late-19th century, gained their description because an armoured deck offered protection for vital machine-spaces from fragments caused by shells exploding above them. Protected cruisers r ...

built by Armstrong (Elswick, England) for export. The ship was a second-class protected cruiser with quick-firing guns, in contrast to Argentina's previous "Elswick" ship ''Veinticinco de Mayo'' which on a similar size hull mounted main guns. ''Nueve de Julio'' was therefore similar to its predecessor built for Italy, the first cruiser with an all-quick firing armament, and the following Elswick cruiser built for Japan, which was the fastest ship in the

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and performed well in action. ''Nueve de Julio'' had a double bottom except in the boiler and engine rooms (where the hull was not deep enough) and the protective deck had a raised glacis over the engines. Originally the

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s would have been , the substitution with a larger type delayed its construction.Conways, p. 402

History

Launched in 1892, the ship was completed in 1893. ''Nueve de Julio'' remained in service until being discarded in 1930.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nueve De Julio Cruisers of the Argentine Navy 1892 ships Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth