page_title: ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (1890)
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (1890) / Design
caption_attribution_description: Español: Crucero acorazado ARA 25 de Mayo
context_page_description: ARA Veinticinco de Mayo was a protected cruiser that served in the Argentine Navy between 1891 and 1921.
context_section_description: Veinticinco de Mayo was a steam-powered protected cruiser similar to Piemonte built in the same shipyard for the Royal Italian Navy, but improved and larger. Its steel hull had a ram in the bow, and was protected with an armored belt and deck.
  Its main battery was two 210-millimetre (8 in) guns, one at the bow and another at the stern, and four 124 mm quick-firing guns per side. The secondary battery had twelve 47 mm and twelve 37mm quick-fire Hotchkiss guns. It had two masts, in its tops were mounted eight Maxim machine guns. It initially mounted three torpedo tubes, later increased to six. It also carried two steam boats with spar torpedoes.
caption: Specifications, from Jane's
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