ARA Presidente Sarmiento, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires - Military Ships and Submarines (Decommissioned) on Waymarking.com

She is considered to be the last intact cruising training ship from the 1890s.

The ship was originally built for the Argentine Naval Academy. ARA Presidente Sarmiento made thirty seven annual training cruises including six circumnavigations of the globe. The ship was retired as a seagoing vessel in 1938, but continued to serve as a stationary training ship until 1961. She is now maintained in her original 1898 appearance as a museum ship near the center of Buenos Aires.

Propulsion and auxiliaries
In addition to its sailing rig this ship includes a large triple expansion steam engine supplied by two coal-fired boilers exhausting through the rear stack. An additional auxiliary boiler exhausting through the forward stack provides steam for other than propulsion, including two engines driving electrical generators on the main deck (below the weather deck).

Fuel
A single coal bunker is positioned between the main and auxiliary boiler rooms

Steering
Helm
A three-wheel chain drive allows up to six helmsmen to control the rudder. Such a crew of operators was not always required due to the inclusion of an electric servo-drive for normal operation but was useful for the training of cadets.

Gunnery
Four five inch mounts are positioned amidships, two on each side, with additional smaller weapons. Documentation on the ship shows these having had some armor, but the present installations are bare.

Torpedoes
A single torpedo scuttle using gravity expulsion exited at the bow. The scuttle has been removed and the exit port welded shut, but in the current museum configuration a torpedo is suspended in a position on the main deck ready to enter the former scuttle entrance. Additional torpedo storage is provided below this main deck.

Class & type: Sail training ship
Displacement: 2,750 metric tonnes
Length: 81 meters
Beam: 13.11 meters
Draught: 5.64 meters
Propulsion: Steam, 3-cylinder compound, 1,000 hp (750 kW), ship

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Type of vessel: Training Frigate, launched 1897; out of service 1961; Builder: Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England Admission? Cost?: 0.00 Date: 01/01/1897 Hours of use: Not listed Parking Coordinates: Not Listed

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