Tag: ARA Santa Fe

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Argentine minister off on European tour to buy new submarine

  

  Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and a team of top-ranking Navy officers are on a trip to Europe to hold talks with several shipyards for the purchase of a new submarine to replace the ARA San Juan, it was reported.

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 14:53 UTC

  Relatives authorized to visit the grave of Argentine veteran buried in South Georgia

  

  Family of the only Argentine naval officer killed and buried in South Georgia during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict will soon be able to visit their father's grave in Grytviken, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media.

• Thursday, June 19th 2014 - 02:43 UTC

  Argentine Navy receives refurbished TR1700 class submarine ARA San Juan

  

  The Argentine Navy took re-delivery of TR-1700 class submarine ARA San Juan last month after the boat underwent a mid-life update (MLU) program at the Argentine Naval Industrial Complex CINAR.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:46 UTC

  ARA Libertad conflict forces the resignation of the Argentine navy chief

  

  The ARA Libertad conflict retained in Ghana has a new victim: Argentina’s Navy chief of staff Admiral Carlos Alberto Paz tendered his resignation and was replaced by his deputy Vice-Admiral Daniel Alberto Martin.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 06:18 UTC

  CFK: Argentina again has the technological and technical capacity to repair submarines

  

  For the first time in twenty years, Argentina once again has the technological and technical capability to repair submarines, announced President Cristina Fernandez during a ceremony at the refurbished Naval Industrial Complex, CINAR, to celebrate the conclusion of repairs on a submarine and the recovery of an oceanographic research vessel.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentina planning a “nuclear powered” submarine with conventional weapons

  

  Argentina is considering the development of “nuclear propulsion” for its diesel-engine submarines, according to Defence minister Arturo Puricelli. The initiative follows a request from President Cristina Fernandez and is closely linked to Brazil’s construction of a first nuclear powered submersible with French technology.