Tag: Argentine Navy

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.
Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Argentine icebreaker rescues US scientists stranded in an ice island

A group of US scientists who were stranded in an ice-bound island off the northeastern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula were rescued on Sunday by an Argentine icebreaker, US and Argentine authorities announced Monday.
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.
Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 06:13 UTC
Argentine navy reveals water entered the submarine's snorkel causing battery short circuit

Water entered the snorkel of the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, causing its battery to short-circuit before it went missing November 15, a navy spokesman said on Monday as hope dwindled among some families of the 44-member crew.
Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 23:13 UTC
Russian naval specialists arrive in Ushuaia to help with missing submarine search

An Antonov-124 Ruslan airlifter has flown a team of Russian naval specialists to Argentina where they will join the efforts to rescue the distressed submarine, ARA San Juan missing since November 15. Argentine channel Todo Noticias aired the footage of the jet’s landing.
Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 08:21 UTC
Macri promises the truth about what happened with the missing submarine

President Mauricio Macri on Friday ordered an inquiry to ‘know the truth’ about what happened to Argentina's missing submarine, ARA San Juan, which disappeared with the loss of its 44 crew. The 34-year-old submarine had gone through a refit and was ‘in perfect condition,’ Macri told reporters at the Argentine navy headquarters.
Friday, November 24th 2017 - 08:58 UTC
Argentine submarine crew families have been told their loved ones “are all dead”

Families of crew lost in the Argentine ARA San Juan submarine have been told their loved ones “are all dead” after an explosion on the day the vessel disappeared, according to reports. Family members claimed on Thursday they had already received phone calls from Navy officials telling them the entire crew had perished in a blast, believed to have taken place between 180m and 900m below the surface.
Monday, November 20th 2017 - 07:43 UTC
US Navy sending deep-sea rescue equipment to assist in search for ARA San Juan

The United States Navy has sent rescue equipment and crew to assist in the search for a missing Argentine Navy submarine and its 44 crew members. The San Diego based Undersea Rescue Command (URC) departed from Miramar Saturday with a Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) and four aircraft, en route to the Southern Atlantic, where the submarine A.R.A. San Juan lost contact with the Argentine Navy on Wednesday.