ARA Garibaldi
ARA Garibaldi was one of four armored cruisers purchased by the Argentine Navy from Italy. Design and description Garibaldi had an overall length of , a beam of , and a mean draft (ship) of . She displaced at normal load. The ship was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam from eight Scotch marine boilers. The engines were designed for a maximum output of and a speed of . She had a cruising range of at . Her complement consisted of 28 officers and 420 enlisted men. Her main armament consisted of two 40-caliber Armstrong Whitworth guns, in gun turrets fore and aft of the superstructure. The ten 40-caliber quick-firing (QF) guns that comprised her secondary armament were arranged in casemates amidships on the main deck. Garibaldi also had six QF , ten QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss and eight QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns to defend herself against torpedo boats. She was also equipped with four above-water torpedo tubes, two on each side. The ship's waterline armor belt had a maximum thickness of amidships and tapered to towards the ends of the ship. Between the main gun barbettes it covered the entire side of the