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Description: | Scale: 1:48. Even after the First World War, Britain continued to build ships for the world?s navies and for South American navies in particular. ?Mendoza? is one of a number of models of Argentinean warships in the NMM collection, and was made by John Samuel White & Company, designers and builders of the actual ship. It is a very accomplished piece of modelmaking. The intricately made fittings have been gold-plated and look very effective against the uniform grey hull and upperworks.
ARA ?Mendoza? (1929) was a destroyer flotilla leader, one of three in her class. At 335 feet in length, 1520 tons displacement, and a designed speed of 36 knots, she was armed with five 4.7-inch guns, a single 3-inch anti-aircraft gun, two pom-poms and six 21-inch torpedo tubes in triple-deck mountings. The Argentine navy did not discard the ship until 1962.
CA: BBC.
caption: Mendoza - Argentinian destroyer 1929 - port broadside
caption: Mendoza - Argentinian destroyer 1929 - port stern quarter
caption: Mendoza - Argentinian destroyer 1929 - starboard three quarter bow
caption: Mendoza - Argentinian destroyer 1929 - overhead stern starboard and triple turdedo tubes | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich John Samuel White and Co. Ltd Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum full hull ship models Mendoza 1929 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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