Tag: ARA San Juan

• Monday, January 15th 2018 - 09:26 UTC

  Three vessels and Russia's ROV continue search for ARA San Juan, missing since two months

  

  Argentine navy ARA Islas Malvinas, a vessel normally assigned to patrolling duties in the southern seas and supplying Argentine scientific bases and stations in Antarctica has joined the search for the submarine ARA San Juan with a crew of 44, which has gone missing for two months, since November 15, in the South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2018 - 18:17 UTC

  Russian navy's “Yantar”, oceanographic or state of the art “spy vessel”?

  

  The Russian navy is very proud of its new spy ship, the Yantar, which is now doing Argentina a favor by helping to search for a missing submarine, ARA San Juan, which disappeared on 15 November in the South Atlantic.

• Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 06:55 UTC

  Icebreaker Irizar calls at Ushuaia on her 2017/18 Antarctica campaign

  

  Argentina's flagship of Antarctica operations is back after ten long years. The refurbished icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar, called at Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, on New Year before leaving for the 2017/18 summer campaign.

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 06:55 UTC

  US withdraws support for the search of the ARA San Juan submarine

  

  The United States Southern Command announced the U.S. was withdrawing support for the mission to find the Argentine submarine that went missing last month with 44 aboard in the South Atlantic.

• Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 07:16 UTC

  ARA San Juan: Russia's Yantar expected to return to surveying next week

  

  The Russian Navy’s ocean survey vessel Yantar had to leave the search area for Argentina’s San Juan submarine, but is expected to return on December 19, Argentine Navy spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 07:33 UTC

  May expresses solidarity to Macri over the missing ARA San Juan submarine

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May contacted on Tuesday Argentine president Mauricio Macri to express solidarity over the missing submarine ARA San Juan which disappeared on 15 November in the South Atlantic after exchanging messages with its base in Mar del Plata. The news was supplied by the official Argentine news agency, Telam.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentine navy reports three objects registered on sonar search for ARA San Juan

  

  The Argentine navy is trying to make a visual inspection of another three objects that registered on a sonar search for remains of the ARA San Juan submarine that vanished 18 days ago with 44 crew members aboard in the South Atlantic.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 06:30 UTC

  Argentina thanks UK government for its technical support and the Falklands for its help attitude

  

  Argentina thanked the “friendship gesture” from the UK government and the attitude of the Falklands' people for helping with the search of the lost submarine ARA San Juan, which has been missing for fifteen days in the South Atlantic.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 06:10 UTC

  Argentine submarine rescue operation is over, but search will continue

  

  Argentina's navy said on Thursday that it is no longer looking for survivors among the 44 sailors aboard the ARA San Juan submarine missing for 15 days, though a multinational operation will continue looking for the vessel.

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 07:53 UTC

  ARA San Juan: since Falklands' conflict, Buenos Aires and London have never been closer

  

  Under the suggestive heading, Clarin correspondent Maria Laura Avignolo writes that the Argentine tragedy of the submarine ARA San Juan has brought ever so close Argentine and British military for the first time since the Falklands conflict. And not surprisingly the support effort includes using the MPA complex in the Islands, if needed.