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ARV Aragua (D 31)

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Name
  
ARV Aragua (D-31)

Ordered
  
1950

Beam
  
43 ft (13 m)

Namesake
  
Aragua

Length
  
402 ft (122,5 m)

Draft
  
5.8 m

Displacement
  
Standard 2,600 tons Full load 3,670 tons

Builder
  
List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness#Military ships

Aragua was the name of a Venezuelan destroyer. Named for the Venezuelan state of Aragua, it was the leader of the 3rd Destroyer Division and the first one of her own sub-class, among British built for Venezuela naval forces in the 1950s.

References

ARV Aragua (D-31) Wikipedia