ARV Aragua (D-31)

Aragua destroyer
History
Venezuelan NavyVenezuela
Name:	ARV Aragua (D-31)
Namesake:	Aragua
Ordered:	1950
Builder:	Vickers Armstrongs Shipyards Barrow in Furness
General characteristics
Displacement:	Standard: 2,600 tons Full load: 3,670 tons
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
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 274 navigation Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
Armament:	6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI 4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II 2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V 2 × Torpedo tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 1 × 'Squid A/S mortar

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.

External links

• Pictures at Dock Museum