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.

Argentine naval ensign.

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.[1] As of 2020, the entire fleet is inactive.

Class Picture No. Boat Commissioned Displacement Note
Submarines
Santa CruzS-41Santa Cruz (in reserve)19842,264 tonnesSanta 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]
SaltaS-31Salta (in reserve)19731,248 tonnesReported 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
Destroyers
Almirante BrownD-10
D-11
D-12
D-13		Almirante Brown
La Argentina
Heroína (in reserve)
Sarandí		1983
1983
1983
1984		3,600 tonnesIn 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
Corvettes
EsporaP-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
DrummondP-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
Offshore patrol vessel
GowindP-51Bouchard20191,650 tonnesEx-French L'Adroit. 3 additional new build units to be delivered between 2021 and 2023.[7]
MuratureP-21King19461,032 tonnesUsed primarily as training vessel, being overhauled.[n 1][8]

Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014[9]

Fast attack craft
IntrépidaP-85
P-86		Intrépida
Indómita		1974
1974		268 tonnes
Patrol boat
ZurubíP-55Zurubí193933 tonnesDecommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993.[n 2][10][11]
BaraderoP-61
P-62
P-63
P-64		Baradero
Barranqueras
Clorinda
Concepción del Uruguay		1978
1978
1978
1978		39 tonnes
Punta MogotesP-66Río Santiago200026.5 tonnes

Amphibious support ships
Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Amphibious support ships
Modified Type 42B-52Hércules19764,100 tonnesA modified type 42 destroyer used as a multi-purpose transport ship.
Modified Costa SurB-4Bahía San Blas197810,894 tonnesUsed as an amphibious cargo ship.

Auxiliary vessels
Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Icebreaker
Almirante IrízarQ-5Almirante Irízar197814,899 tonnesReturned to active service in April 2017 following several years of repairs.
Survey vessels
Puerto DeseadoQ-20Puerto Deseado19782,400 tonnes
AustralQ-21Austral20154,900 tonnesex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET
Comodoro RivadaviaQ-11Comodoro Rivadavia1974827 tonnes
Tanker
DuranceB-1Patagonia200017,800 tonnesex-Durance of the French Navy.[n 3]
Cargo ships
Costa SurB-3
Canal Beagle
197810,894 tonnes
Tugs
AbnakiA-3Francisco de Gurruchaga19751,731 tonnes
Teniente OlivieriA-2Teniente Olivieri19871,640 tonnes
SotoyomoA-9Alferez Sobral1972800 tonnes
NeftegazA-21
A-22

A-23
A-24		Puerto Argentino
Estrecho San Carlos
Bahía Agradable
Islas Malvinas		2015
Coastal buoy tenders
RedQ-61
Q-62
Q-63		Ciudad de Zárate
Ciudad de Rosario
Punta Alta		2000
2000
2000		525 tonnes
Training ship
LibertadQ-2Libertad19633,765 tonnesIn service
LuisitoQ-51Luisito1983Used by the National Fishing School
Yacht
FortunaFortuna III200415 tonnes

See also

Notes
  1. As of November 2015, ARA King is being overhauled.
  2. 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.
  3. Patagonia is the primary under-way replenishment ship of the Argentine Navy.

References

Notes
  1. Argentine navy short on spares and resources for training and maintenance Archived 2013-01-05 at WebCite 2013
  2. https://www.nuestromar.org/defensa-y-seguridad/estiman-que-la-llegada-del-proximo-submarino-operativo-para-argentina-demoraria-de-cinco-a-seis-anos/
  3. https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2020/12/23/noticia-rossi-argentina-argentina-tiene-tener-fuerza-aerea-aviones-supersonicos.html
  4. La Armada Argentina asegura que, a pesar de la explosión, continuará buscando el submarino San Juan – "diariodenautica.com" (in Spanish) (accessed 2017-11-23)
  5. https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-gobierno-negocia-con-noruega-la-compra-de-un-submarino-nid2327486
  6. https://news.yahoo.com/time-running-save-argentinas-navy-070000631.html
  7. https://www.janes.com/article/93109/argentine-navy-commissions-ara-bouchard-opv
  8. 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)
  9. "ARA Murature (Armada Hoy – Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  10. "Lancha Patrullera Clase "Zurubí" (Armada Argentina – Poder Naval – Flota de Mar – Unidades)" (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  11. "P-36 SURUBÍ/ZURUBI (Buques Históricos – Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-02-20.

Bibliography

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.
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