List of active Argentine Navy ships
The list of active ships of the Argentine Navy includes ships currently in commission with the Navy, or operated by the Navy on behalf of other organizations.
As of 2017, there were 41 commissioned ships in the navy, including 4 destroyers, 2 amphibious support ships and 2 submarines (though both boats were non-operational as of 2020). The total displacement of the fleet (including auxiliaries) was approximately 128,461 tonnes.
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Warships
Submarines
Note: The submarine fleet is suffering from lack of maintenance and training. The submarines accumulated a total of only 19 hours submerged in 2012 against a minimum requirement of 190 days.
As of 2020, the entire fleet is inactive.Class | Picture | No. | Boat | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Submarines | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | S-41 | Santa Cruz (in reserve) | 1984 | 2,264 tonnes | Santa Cruz reported "inactive" and refit cancelled as of 2020[2][3];The San Juan, sister ship to the Santa Cruz, was declared lost with all hands on 23 November 2017, having been missing since the 15th. On 16 November 2018 her wreckage was found at a depth of about 900 meters.[4] |
![]() | ![]() | S-31 | Salta (in reserve) | 1973 | 1,248 tonnes | Reported inactive as of 2020[5] |
Destroyers
Note: Argentina uses the classification destructores (destroyers) for the Almirante Brown class, despite them being analogous to medium frigates by most international classifications.
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Destroyers | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | D-10 D-11 D-12 D-13 | Almirante Brown La Argentina Heroína (in reserve) Sarandí | 1983 1983 1983 1984 | 3,600 tonnes | In service: Almirante Brown, La Argentina and Sarandí. Heroína inactive as of 2008 and reported in 2019 as likely to be scrapped.[6] |
Corvettes
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Corvettes | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | P-41 P-42 P-43 P-44 P-45 P-46 | Espora Rosales Spiro Parker Robinson Gómez Roca | 1985 1986 1987 1990 2001 2004 | 1,790 tonnes | |
![]() | ![]() | P-31 P-32 P-33 | Drummond (in reserve) Guerrico (in reserve) Granville | 1976 1978 1980 | 1,170 tonnes | |
Patrol vessels
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Offshore patrol vessel | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | P-51 | Bouchard | 2019 | 1,650 tonnes | Ex-French L'Adroit. 3 additional new build units to be delivered between 2021 and 2023.[7] |
![]() | ![]() | P-21 | King | 1946 | 1,032 tonnes | Used primarily as training vessel, being overhauled.[n 1][8]
Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014[9] |
Fast attack craft | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | P-85 P-86 | Intrépida Indómita | 1974 1974 | 268 tonnes | |
Patrol boat | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | P-55 | Zurubí | 1939 | 33 tonnes | Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993.[n 2][10][11] |
![]() | ![]() | P-61 P-62 P-63 P-64 | Baradero Barranqueras Clorinda Concepción del Uruguay | 1978 1978 1978 1978 | 39 tonnes | |
![]() | ![]() | P-66 | Río Santiago | 2000 | 26.5 tonnes |
Amphibious support ships
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Amphibious support ships | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | B-52 | Hércules | 1976 | 4,100 tonnes | A modified type 42 destroyer used as a multi-purpose transport ship. |
![]() | ![]() | B-4 | Bahía San Blas | 1978 | 10,894 tonnes | Used as an amphibious cargo ship. |
Auxiliary vessels
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Icebreaker | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | Q-5 | Almirante Irízar | 1978 | 14,899 tonnes | Returned to active service in April 2017 following several years of repairs. |
Survey vessels | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | Q-20 | Puerto Deseado | 1978 | 2,400 tonnes | |
![]() | ![]() | Q-21 | Austral | 2015 | 4,900 tonnes | ex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET |
![]() | ![]() | Q-11 | Comodoro Rivadavia | 1974 | 827 tonnes | |
Tanker | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | B-1 | Patagonia | 2000 | 17,800 tonnes | ex-Durance of the French Navy.[n 3] |
Cargo ships | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | B-3 | Canal Beagle | 1978 | 10,894 tonnes | |
Tugs | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | A-3 | Francisco de Gurruchaga | 1975 | 1,731 tonnes | |
![]() | A-2 | Teniente Olivieri | 1987 | 1,640 tonnes | ||
![]() | ![]() | A-9 | Alferez Sobral | 1972 | 800 tonnes | |
![]() | ![]() | A-21 A-22 A-23 A-24 | Puerto Argentino Estrecho San Carlos Bahía Agradable Islas Malvinas | 2015 | ||
Coastal buoy tenders | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | Q-61 Q-62 Q-63 | Ciudad de Zárate Ciudad de Rosario Punta Alta | 2000 2000 2000 | 525 tonnes | |
Training ship | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | Q-2 | Libertad | 1963 | 3,765 tonnes | In service |
![]() | Q-51 | Luisito | 1983 | Used by the National Fishing School | ||
Yacht | ||||||
![]() | ![]() | Fortuna III | 2004 | 15 tonnes |
See also
Notes
- As of November 2015, ARA King is being overhauled.
- Transferred in 1944 to the Navy as a patrol boat with pennant number P-36. As of February 2016 is in active service with pennant number P-55 based at Ushuaia.
- Patagonia is the primary under-way replenishment ship of the Argentine Navy.
References
Notes
- https://www.nuestromar.org/defensa-y-seguridad/estiman-que-la-llegada-del-proximo-submarino-operativo-para-argentina-demoraria-de-cinco-a-seis-anos/
- https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2020/12/23/noticia-rossi-argentina-argentina-tiene-tener-fuerza-aerea-aviones-supersonicos.html
- La Armada Argentina asegura que, a pesar de la explosión, continuará buscando el submarino San Juan – "diariodenautica.com" (in Spanish) (accessed 2017-11-23)
- https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-gobierno-negocia-con-noruega-la-compra-de-un-submarino-nid2327486
- https://news.yahoo.com/time-running-save-argentinas-navy-070000631.html
- https://www.janes.com/article/93109/argentine-navy-commissions-ara-bouchard-opv
- El jefe de la Armada visitó el patrullero ARA “King” Archived 2015-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Gaceta Marinera, 25-11-2015 (in Spanish)(accessed 2015-12-24)
- "ARA Murature (Armada Hoy – Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
- "Lancha Patrullera Clase "Zurubí" (Armada Argentina – Poder Naval – Flota de Mar – Unidades)" (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
- "P-36 SURUBÍ/ZURUBI (Buques Históricos – Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
Bibliography
- Amendolara Bourdette, Ignacio (2005). Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005–2006 (in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN 987-43-9400-5.
Further reading
- Saunders, Stephen (2015). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Janes Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.). Janes Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-3143-5.
- Garcia Pedroche, Sergio; Nuñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2004). Nuñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). ARA B1 "Patagonia". Fuerzas Navales (in Spanish). Nº1. Bahia Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales.
External links
- "Buques de la Armada Argentina 1900–2013" [(List of) Ships of the Argentine Navy 1900–2013]. Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar – Carlos Mey.