Tag: Argentine Navy

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentine navy will incorporate a South Korean frigate for ocean patrolling

  

  The South Korean navy has started the documentation for the transfer of a decommissioned Ulsan Class frigate to the Argentine navy. A delegation of Argentine officers and crew members will be travelling to the South Korean base at Jinhae in the near future, according to Seoul's military attaché in Buenos Aires Lieutenant Colonel Ho Lim.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:40 UTC

  Current, former Argentine Defense Ministers exchange accusations in Congress over ARA San Juan

  

  Argentine Defense Minister Oscar Aguad Tuesday said the causes of the ARA San Juan submarine's fate are closer to become known, but he pointed a finger at faulty maintenance between 2008 and 2015 under President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK).

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  ARA San Juan: Judge of the case will have some 67.000 images of where the sub rests

  

  The Argentine federal judge from Caleta Oliva in Patagonia, under whose jurisdiction the loss of the ARA San Juan occurred is expected in Buenos Aires to analyze a raft of some 67.000 images taken by the Seabed Constructor of the collapsed submersible. These include photos videos, taken by the US rescue company before leaving for South Africa.

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 17:48 UTC

  Defense Minister says Argentina not equipped to lift ARA San Juan from seabed

  

  Argentine Defense Minister Oscar Aguad said “we don't have the means to resurface the [ARA San Juan] submarine,” which was found between late Friday and early Saturday 800 meters underwater in the Atlantic Ocean after having gone missing a year ago.

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 12:57 UTC

  Ocean Infinity will charge for finding the submarine

  

  The US ship operator company that found the remains of ARA San Juan, Ocean Infinity on Thursday will receive USD 7,500,000, as indicated in the contract signed with the Argentine State.

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 12:56 UTC

  Appearance of ARA San Juan: Royal Navy crew paid their respects

  

  A year after the disappearance of the Argentine Navy’s submarine ARA San Juan, the crew of HMS Clyde, one of the British ships that participated in the search operation, yesterday showed their respects in an act of remembrance from the Falkland Islands. The act was given hours before the Ministry of Defense and the Argentine Navy confirmed that the Norwegian ship Seabed Constructor made the discovery.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 19:25 UTC

  Search for ARA San Juan deemed “useless” will go on after pressure from Argentine Navy

  

  Ocean Infinity, the US company searching the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, revised its decision to halt operations deemed “useless” until February and resumed work to comply with the minimum 60-day task agreed upon, it was reported.

• Friday, September 7th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

  Falklands' waters alleged incident denied by Argentine navy and foreign ministry

  

  The Argentine foreign ministry and Navy have denied any incident in the South Atlantic involving ARA Puerto Deseado, a naval hydrographic research vessel, which allegedly on September 2, came close to Falkland Islands waters, and was first reported by an Islands' site hi.Sutton.com.

• Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 02:49 UTC

  Argentina withdraws reward offer to help find ARA San Juan

  

  The Argentine Government has formalised the withdrawal of the reward offered to anyone who could find or provide meaningful information about the whereabouts of the submarine ARA San Juan, which went missing in the Atlantic Ocean on November 15, 2017.

• Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 02:39 UTC

  Spanish fishing boat “Dorneda” sunk in Argentine Waters

  

  A Spanish fishing trawler sank in rough weather off Argentina’s coast and at least one crewmember died, Argentina's Navy said Wednesday. Twenty-five crewmembers were rescued and one was missing.