ARV Aragua (D-31)
Aragua destroyer | |
History | |
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Venezuelan NavyVenezuela | |
Name: | ARV Aragua (D-31) |
Namesake: | Aragua |
Ordered: | 1950 |
Builder: | Vickers Armstrongs Shipyards Barrow in Furness |
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Length: | 402 ft (122,5 m) |
Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
Draught: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion: | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 50,000 shp |
Speed: | 34 kn ( km/h) |
Range: | 10,000 nmi at 10 kn, 1 month |
Complement: | 18 officers and 236 crew members |
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Aragua was the name of a Venezuelan destroyer. Named for the Venezuelan state of Aragua, it was the leader of the 3rd Destroyer Division and the first one of her own sub-class, among British built for Venezuela naval forces in the 1950s.
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