The destroyer Aragua
History
Venezuela
Name	ARV Aragua
Namesake	Aragua
Ordered	1950
Builder	Vickers Armstrongs Shipyards Barrow in Furness
Identification	D-31
General characteristics
Class and type	Nueva Esparta-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,600 tons Full load: 3,670 tons
Length	402 ft (122,5 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion	2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 50,000 shp
Speed	34 kn ( km/h)
Range	10,000 nmi at 10 kn, 1 month
Complement	18 officers and 236 crew members
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 274 navigation Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
Armament	6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI 4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II 2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V 2 × Torpedo tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 1 × 'Squid A/S mortar

ARV Aragua was a Nueva Esparta-class destroyer for the Venezuelan Navy. 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.