Tag: Argentine Navy

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:46 UTC

  Former detention center in BA granted Mercosur patrimony status

  

  The former Argentine Navy's Mechanics School, which functioned as a clandestine detention center during the 1976-1983 military regime and was later turned into the Memory Museum to promote awareness about human rights violations, has been granted Mercosur cultural heritage status by the Culture Ministers of the bloc, who convened Friday in Buenos Aires for their 54th meeting.

• Monday, March 13th 2023 - 11:18 UTC

  Argentine Navy rescues injured sailor off South Georgia Islands

  

  The Argentine Navy rescued from the oceanographic fishing research vessel (BIPO) “Victor Angelescu”, 90 miles off South Georgia Islands, a 55-year-old man who suffered a crushing trauma to his right leg, reported Clarin. The operation involved the icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 07:26 UTC

  Argentine Navy needs underwater units, manned or otherwise

  

  The Argentine Navy plans to purchase two unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for hydrographic and minehunting missions for € 450,000, in addition to new traditional units for its submarine command, it was reported.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 08:34 UTC

  Rio Santiago shipyards working on amphibious toward state ownership

  

  The Argentine Rio Santiago Shipyards (ARS) are making plans to build a unit for the local Navy, which might turn out to be an amphibious ship of the LPD (Landing Platform Dock) type or a tank landing ship of the LST (Landing Ship Tank) type, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, July 22nd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine Navy to auction decommissioned ships

  

  The Argentine Navy has announced it will auction seven vessels that have already been decommissioned, many of which had been unoperational since 2013, it was reported.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 22:37 UTC

  Argentine Navy 2022 social campaign comes to an end

  

  The Argentine Navy has rounded up its 2022 Socio Sanitary Fluvial Campaign with the arrival of patrol boats ARA King and ARA Río Santiago at the Buenos Aires Naval Base, it was announced this week.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 21:33 UTC

  Argentina's Defense Minister welcomes new French-built OPV

  

  Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Thursday welcomed the French-built Ocean Patrol Vessel (OPV) ARA Contraalmirante Cordero, the last of the four ships purchased through the National Defense Fund (FonDef).

• Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:23 UTC

  Falklands war: Argentina insists HMS Invincible was hit by an Exocet; Taiana recalls the joint navy/air force mission

  

  While in Tierra del Fuego Argentine defense minister Jorge Taiana participated with Malvinas War Veterans of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the joint operation attack on the Royal Navy's carrier, HMS Invincible, while again condemning UK for the “illegitimate” occupation of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentine opposition against Blue Hole Law to protect site of sunken submarine

  

  Relatives of the Argentine Navy's ARA San Juan's crew have voiced their anger at the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) lawmakers not endorsing a bill to protect the area where the remains of the submarine were found.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:35 UTC

  Argentina takes delivery of the last of four French-built OPVs

  

  Argentina has taken delivery of the new OPV ARA Contraalmirante Cordero built in France's shipyard in the city of Concarneau. It is the fourth and last unit from a contract signed in 2018.