--Copy and pasted form the Venezuelan Navy Official Web page-- (...)La dcada de los 50 abre las puertas a buques de fabricacin nueva: Un contrato celebrado el 29 de Junio de 1950 entre el Gobierno Nacional y los directores de los Astilleros VICKERS-ARMSTROGS COMPANY LIMITED DE BARROW-IN-FURNESS, situado en Gran Bretaa establece la construccin de modernas unidades de combate. Ellas fueron tres destructores pesados denominados: ARV. NUEVA ESPARTA (D-11), ARV. ZULIA (D-21) y ARV. ARAGUA (D-31), los cuales arribaron al pas entre los aos 1953 y 1954(...)
Translation:
The decade of the 50's opened the gates to new-fabricated ships: a contract signed on June 29, 1950 between the National Government and the directors of VICKERS-ARMSTRONG company Limited of BARROW-IN-FURNESS shipyards located on Great Britain, stablished the construction of new combat units, these were three heavy destroyers denominated ARV. "Nueva Esparta" (D-11), ARV. "Zulia" (D-21) and ARV. "Aragua" (D-31), which arrived the country between 1953 and 1954
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