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A.R.A. Rivadavia Argentine Dreadnought battleship
| Quick reference |
| Construction |
| Commissioned: |
Dec 1914 |
| Rivadavia class |
| Ships: |
Rivadavia, Moreno. |
| Fate |
| Sold for scrap, 8 February 1956. |
A.R.A. Rivadavia was built for Brazil in the USA by the Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation (who were awarded the contract after a controversial bidding process) and was commissioned on 27 August 1914. She was later also refitted in the United States in 1924-25.
A.R.A. Rivadavia spent most of her career in port or taking part in training exercises and took no part in the Second World War.
Stricken on 1 February 1957 and sold for scrap later in the year. She was finally broken up in Genoa, Italy in 1959.
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