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 2015, there are 42 commissioned ships in the navy, including 4 destroyers, 2 amphibious support ships and 3 submarines. The total displacement of the fleet (including auxiliaries) is approximately 128,461 tonnes.
Argentine naval ensign.
Warships
Submarines
See also: Argentine Submarine Force
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]
| Class | Picture | No. | Boat | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submarines (3 in service) | ||||||
| Santa Cruz |  | S-41 S-42 | Santa Cruz San Juan | 1985 1987 | 2,264 tonnes | |
| Salta |  | S-31 | Salta | 1972 | 1,248 tonnes | |
Destroyers
Note: Argentina uses the classification destructores (destroyers) for the Almirante Brown class, despite them being analogous to light frigates by most international classifications.
| Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destroyers (4 in service) | ||||||
| Almirante Brown |  | D-10 D-11 D-12 D-13 | Almirante Brown La Argentina Heroína Sarandí | 1983 1983 1983 1984 | 3,600 tonnes | As of 2013 it is reported that these vessels are suffering from engine problems, a lack of spares, lack of training and are unarmed due to their naval ordnance being expired.[1] |
Corvettes
| Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corvettes (9 in service) | ||||||
| Espora |  | P-41 P-42 P-43 P-44 P-45 P-46 | Espora Rosales Spiro Parker Robinson Gómez Roca | 1985 1986 1987 1990 2001 2002 | 1,790 tonnes | Parker (P-44) and Rosales (P-42) are inactive due to a lack of maintenance and a lack of spares. Spiro (P-43) is inactive after sustaining damage during a grounding accident in August 2012.[1] |
| Drummond |  | P-31 P-32 P-33 | Drummond Guerrico Granville | 1978 1978 1980 | 1,170 tonnes | Rarely put to sea due to lack of spares, maintenance and cost issues.[1] |
Amphibious support ships
| Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amphibious support ships (2 in service) | ||||||
| Modified Type 42 |  | B-52 | Hércules | 1976 | 4,100 tonnes | A modified type 42 destroyer used as a multi-purpose transport ship. |
| Modified Costa Sur |  | B-4 | Bahía San Blas | 1978 | 10,894 tonnes | Used as an amphibious cargo ship. |
Patrol vessels
| Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast attack craft (2 in service) | ||||||
| Intrépida | .jpg) | P-85 P-86 | Intrépida Indómita | 1974 1974 | 268 tonnes | |
| Patrol boats (8 in service) | ||||||
| Murature |  | P-21 | King | 1946 | 1,032 tonnes | Used primarily as training vessel, being overhauled.[n 1][2]
Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014 [3] |
| Zurubí | P-55 | Zurubí | 1939 | 33 tonnes | Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993.[n 2][4][5] | |
| Baradero | .jpg) | P-61 P-62 P-63 P-64 | Baradero Barranqueras Clorinda Concepción del Uruguay | 1978 1978 1978 1978 | 39 tonnes | |
| Punta Mogotes | .jpg) | P-65 P-66 | Punta Mogotes Río Santiago | 1999 2000 | 26.5 tonnes | |
Auxiliary vessels
| Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icebreaker (1 in service) | ||||||
 | Q-5 | Almirante Irízar | 1978 | 14,899 tonnes | Out of service since 2007.[n 3] | |
| Survey vessels (3 in service) | ||||||
 | Q-20 | Puerto Deseado | 1978 | 2,400 tonnes | ||
.jpg) | ARA Austral | 2015 | 4,900 tonnes | ex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET | ||
 | Q-11 | Comodoro Rivadavia | 1974 | 827 tonnes | ||
| Tanker (1 in service) | ||||||
| Durance |  | B-1 | Patagonia | 2000 | 17,800 tonnes | ex-Durance of the French Navy.[n 4] |
| Cargo ships (3 in service) | ||||||
| Costa Sur |  | B-3 B-5 | Canal Beagle Cabo de Hornos | 1978 1979 | 10,894 tonnes | |
| B-13 | Ingeniero Julio Krause | 1993 | 8,346 tonnes | A commercial tanker, now serving with the Naval Transport Service as a cargo ship. | ||
| Avisos (8 in service) | ||||||
| Abnaki | _Antartida.jpg) | A-3 A-6 | Francisco de Gurruchaga Suboficial Castillo | 1975 1994 | 1,731 tonnes | |
| A-2 | Teniente Olivieri | 1,640 tonnes | ||||
| Sotoyomo |  | A-9 | Alferez Sobral | 1972 | 800 tonnes | |
| Neftegaz | A-21 A-22 A-23 A-24 | Puerto Argentino Estrecho San Carlos Bahía Agradable Islas Malvinas | 2015 | Purchased from Russia; ex- Neftegaz-61, Neftegaz-51, Neftegaz-71, and Neftegaz-57.[6][7] | ||
| Coastal buoy tenders (3 in service) | ||||||
| Red |  | Q-61 Q-62 Q-63 | Ciudad de Zárate Ciudad de Rosario Punta Alta | 2000 2000 2000 | 525 tonnes | |
| Training ship (1 in service) | ||||||
 | Q-2 | Libertad | 1963 | 3,765 tonnes | In drydock for maintenance | |
| Yacht (1 in service) | ||||||
 | Fortuna III | 2004 | 15 tonnes | |||
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.
- ↑ Almirante Irízar has been out of active service due to severe fire damage in 2007. Currently under repair at a cost of over USD$100 million.
- ↑ Patagonia is the primary under-way replenishment ship of the Argentine Navy.
References
Notes
- ↑ El jefe de la Armada visitó el patrullero ARA “King” Gaceta Marinera, 25-11-2015 (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.
- ↑ Avisos Clase "Neftegaz" Armada Argentina, sitio oficial (Spanish) Official website of the Argentine Navy (accessed 2016-07-23)
- ↑ AVISOS TIPO NEFTEGAZ - "Histarmar" website (Spanish) (accessed 2016-07-24)
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. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
Further reading
- Saunders, Stephen (2015). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Janes Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.). Janes Information Group. ISBN 978-0710631435. Retrieved 2016-01-13.
- 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. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
See also
- Currently active military equipment by country
- List of ships of the Argentine Navy
- List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy
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. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
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