ARA Cabo de Hornos
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ARA Cabo de Hornos (B-5) was a cargo ship in service with the Argentine Navy since 1979, capable of transporting bulk cargo, live cattle, and containers. She was the second ship in the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the Cape Horn (Chile) located to the south of Tierra del Fuego.
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Cabo de Hornos docked | |
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Argentina | |
Name | Cabo de Hornos |
Namesake | Cape Horn |
Ordered | 1975 |
Builder | Príncipe, Menghi y Penco shipyard, Argentina |
Launched | 1978 |
Commissioned | 1979 |
Identification | IMO number: 7529031 |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Costa Sur-class cargo ship |
Displacement | 10,894 tons full load |
Length | 119.9 m (393 ft) |
Beam | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
Draught | 7.49 m (24.6 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 Sulzer 6 ZL 40/48 diesel engines, 6,400 hp (4,800 kW), 2 shafts |
Speed | 16.3 knots (30.2 km/h) max; 12 knots (22 km/h) cruise |
Capacity | bulk cargo: 9,857 m3 (348,100 cu ft) or 6,800 tons |
Complement | 40 |
Notes | characteristics from Argentine Navy official website.[1] |
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