ARA Veinticinco de Mayo aircraft carrier
This list includes all major warships that entered service with the Argentine Navy since being formally established in the 1860s.[ n 1] It also includes ships that were purchased by Argentina but did not enter service under Argentine flag.
The list does not include vessels prior to the 1860s; and it also excludes auxiliary ships (tugs, transports, colliers, tankers, scientific vessels, etc.) which are listed separately .
In addition, there is a separate list of ships currently in service with the Argentine Navy, regardless the type.
The list is organized by type of ship, by class within each type, and by entry date within each class. Service entry dates indicate the ship's commissioning into the Argentine Navy, and not the ship's entry in service with another navy unless specifically said.
Naming tradition
The current norms establish naming conventions for Argentine Navy ships according to their type, some of them specific to warships are summarized below.[ 1]
Destroyers, Frigates, Corvettes
Naval heroes, or names of significantly historic ships.
Submarines
Province names, with priority those starting with S .
Mine warfare ships
Province names, not used by Submarines.
Amphibious warfare ships
Coastal geographic features.
Fast attack ships
Adjectives symbolizing qualities of combat ships.
List of ships
Aircraft carriers
Colossus class (British-built)
Battleships
Almirante Brown ironclad (British-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Almirante Brown
none
1880
1881
1932
none
Scrapped
Libertad -class coastal battleships (British-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Libertad
none
1892
1892
1946
none
To coast guard 1947
ARA Independencia
none
1891
1893
1946
none
To coast guard 1949
Rivadavia -class dreadnoughts (US-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Rivadavia
none
1911
1915
1957
none
Sold for scrap 1957
ARA Moreno
none
1911
1915
1957
none
Sold for scrap 1957
Monitors
El Plata class (British-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA El Plata
none
1874
1875
1930
none
Scrapped
ARA Los Andes
none
1874
1875
1930
none
Scrapped
Cruisers
Patagonia protected cruiser (Austro-Hungarian-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Patagonia
none
1886
1886
1925
none
Scrapped
Protected Elswick cruisers (British-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo
none
1890
1891
1916
Ordered as Necochea , renamed before completion
Scrapped 1927
ARA Nueve de Julio
none
1892
1893
1930
none
Scrapped
ARA Buenos Aires
none
1895
1896
1932
none
Sold for scrap 1935
Patria torpedo cruiser (British-built)
Ship Name
Pennant Number
Picture
Launched
Service Entry
Decomm.
Other Names
Fate
ARA Patria
none
1893
1894
1927
none
Giuseppe Garibaldi -class armoured cruisers (Italian-built)
Ordered from Italian shipyards. Two ships, Rivadavia and Mariano Moreno , were sold to Japan prior to completion as per naval disarmament agreements with Chile .
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Garibaldi
none
1895
1896
1934
Sold for scrap 1937
ARA San Martín
none
1895
1898
1935
Scrapped 1947
ARA General Belgrano
none
1897
1898
1933
To coast guard 1933, stricken 1947, sold for scrap 1953
ARA Pueyrredón
none
1897
1898
1954
Sold for scrap 1957
ARA Rivadavia
none
1902
Sold before completion to Japan, no service. (1903−1942 in Japan)
Ordered as Mitre , later renamed. Japanese name Kasuga
Sunk 1945, salvaged and broken up for scrap 1948
ARA Mariano Moreno
none
1903
Sold before completion to Japan, no service. (1903−1935 in Japan)
Ordered as Roca , later renamed. Japanese name Nisshin
Sunk as target 1936, raised and sunk as target again 1942
Almirante Brown -class heavy cruisers (Italian-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Almirante Brown
C-1
1929
1931
1961
none
Sold for scrap 1962
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo
C-2
1929
1931
1961
none
Scrapped 1960
La Argentina light cruiser (British-built)
ARA La Argentina was a light cruiser, designed for training naval cadets.
Ship name
Pennant n
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA La Argentina
C-3
1937
1939
1972
none
Scrapped 1974
General Belgrano class (US Brooklyn class )
Torpedo boats
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Maipu -class torpedo ram (British-built)
Bathurst class (British-built; Yarrow 1890 type - Mod GB TB 79 type)[ 2]
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioned
ARA Bathurst
none
none
1890
1927
ARA Buchardo
none
none
1890
1927
ARA Jorge
none
none
1890
1926
ARA King
none
none
1890
1926
ARA Pinedo
none
none
1890
1926
ARA Thorne
none
none
1890
1926
Espora class (British-built)
1st class Thornycroft class (British-built)
2nd class Thornycroft class (British-built)
2nd class Yarrow class (British-built)
Riverine Yarrow class (British-built)
Destroyers
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Corrientes class (British-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioned
ARA Corrientes
none
none
1897
1930
ARA Misiones
none
none
1897
1930
ARA Entre Rios
none
none
1896
1930
ARA Santa Fe
none
none
1896
1897 [ n 2]
Catamarca class (German-built)
Ship Name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioned
ARA Catamarca
none
none
1912
1957
ARA Jujuy
none
none
1912
1957
La Plata class (German-built)
Ship Name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioned
ARA Córdoba
none
none
1912
1957
ARA La Plata
none
none
1912
1957
Eight other destroyers were ordered around this time but never entered service with the Argentine Navy. See Aetos -class destroyer (Greece) and Aventurier -class destroyer (France).
Cervantes class (Spanish-built)
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioned
ARA Cervantes
D-1
ex-Alcalá Galiano
1928
1961
ARA Juan de Garay
D-2
ex-Churruca
1928
1960
Ordered by the Spanish Navy and sold to Argentina prior to completion.
Mendoza class (British-built)
Buenos Aires class (British-built)
Brown /Almirante Domecq García class (leased US Fletcher class )
Ship Name
Pennant Number
Picture
Launched
Service Entry
Decomm.
Other Names
Fate
ARA Brown
D-20
1942
1961
1979
ex-USS Heermann
Scrapped 1982
ARA Espora
D-21
1943
1961
1979
ex-USS Dortch
Scrapped 1979
ARA Rosales
D-22
1943
1961
1981
ex-USS Stembel
Scrapped 1981
ARA Almirante Domecq Garcia
D-23
1943
1971
1982
ex-USS Braine
Sunk in live fire missile test 1983
ARA Almirante Storni
D-24
1943
1971
1981
ex-USS Cowell
Scrapped 1982
Seguí class (modified US Allen M. Sumner class )
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Seguí
D-25
1944
1972
1983
ex-USS Hank
Scrapped 1983
ARA Bouchard
D-26
1944
1972
1984
ex-USS Borie
Scrapped 1984
ARA Piedra Buena [ n 4]
D-29
1944
1977
1985
ex-USS Collett
Sunk by missile in naval exercise 1988
Py class (modified US Gearing class )
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Py
D-27
1944
1973
1984
ex-USS Perkins
Sunk as target 1987
Hércules class (British Type 42 destroyers )
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Hércules
D-28, D-1, now B-52
1972
1976
—
none
Since 1999 transformed into a multi-purpose transport ship; inactive as of 2020
ARA Santísima Trinidad
D-2
1974
1981
—
none
Formally in reserve since 2004. Sunk 2013, salvaged 2015, awaiting possible conversion to museum ship
Almirante Brown class (German MEKO 360H2 type)
Ship name
Pennant number
Picture
Launched
Service entry
Decommissioned
Other names
Fate
ARA Almirante Brown
D-10
1981
1983
—
none
In active service
ARA La Argentina
D-11
1981
1983
—
none
In active service
ARA Heroína
D-12
1982
1983
—
none
Inactive
ARA Sarandí
D-13
1982
1984
—
none
In active service
Frigates and corvettes
Murature class (Locally designed and built)
Hércules class (River /Tacoma -class World War II frigates)
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA Hércules
P-31
ex-USS Asheville , ex-HMS Adur
18 February 1948
1961, transferred[ n 6] sold 1969
ARA Heroína
P-32
ex-USS Reading
8 February 1947
sold 5 August 1964
ARA Sarandí
P-33
ex-USS Uniontown , ex- USSChattanooga
18 February 1948
sold 29 June 1967
ARA Santísima Trinidad
P-34
ex-HMS Caicos , ex-USS Hannam
1948
1963, converted[ n 7] sold 1970 or 1971
República class (Flower class )
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA República
P-10
ex-HMS Smilax
1948
1961
Azopardo class (Locally designed and built)
Drummond class (French D'Estienne d'Orves class )
Espora class (German MEKO 140A16 type, locally built)
Patrol, torpedo and fast attack craft
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Zurubí class (Argentine-built)[ 5]
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA Zurubí
P-55
P-36
1939
active [ n 13] [ 6]
Intrépida class (German-built) - known as "fast craft" ((in Spanish) lánchas rápidas )[ 7]
Baradero class (Israeli-built Dabur class ) [ 8]
Punta Mogotes class (US-built Point class )[ 9]
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA Punta Mogotes
P-65
ex-Point Hobart (WPB-82377)
1999
active
ARA Río Santiago
P-66
ex-Point Carrew (WPB-82374)
2000
active
Gunboats
Paraná class (British-built) - also classified as "corvettes"
Constitución class (British-built) - locally classified as "bombarderas", they were of the Rendel gunboat type.[ 10]
Bermejo class (British-built) - locally classified as "bombarderas",[ n 18] they were of the Rendel gunboat type.[ 11]
Ship Name
Pennant Number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA Bermejo
none
none
1875
1932
ARA Pilcomayo
none
none
1875
1935
Rosario class (British-built) - armoured river gunboats
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA Rosario
none
none
1909
1959
ARA Paraná
none
none
1909
1959
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Cabo San Bartolome class (ex-United States Landing Ship, Tank )
Cabo San Antonio class (Locally-built De Soto County )
Ship Name
Pennant Number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA Cabo San Antonio
Q-42
none
1977
1997
Cándido de Lasala class (ex-United States)
Mine warfare
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Bathurst class (German-built M1915 and M1916 classes) [ 12]
Neuquén class (British-built Ton class )[ 13] [ n 19]
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA Neuquén
M-1
ex-British Hickleton (M1131)
1968
1996
ARA Río Negro
M-2
ex-British Tariton (M1186)
1968
1977
ARA Chubut
M-3
ex-British Santon (M1178)
1968
1995
ARA Tierra del Fuego
M-4
ex-British Bevington (M1108)
1968
1995
ARA Chaco
M-5
ex-British Rennington (M1176)
1969
2003
ARA Formosa
M-6
ex-British Ilmington (M1148)
1968
2003
Bouchard class (Argentine-built minesweepers/minelayers) [ 14] [ n 20]
Submarines
By tradition, Argentine submarines bear the names of provinces whose names begin with the letter "S", thus, the pool of names is limited to only six ("Santa Fe", "Salta", "Santiago del Estero", "San Luis", "San Juan" and "Santa Cruz") resulting in repeated class and ship names.
Santa Fe (1) class (Italian-built Tarantinos )
Santa Fe (2) class (US-built Balao class )
Santa Fe (3) class (US-built Guppy class )
Salta class (German-built Type 209 )
Santa Cruz class (German-built TR-1700 type )
Six of these ships were planned by the Navy. Only the first two, built in Germany, were actually completed. The other four, to be built in Argentina, were never completed due to budgetary concerns.
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA Santa Cruz
S-41
none
1984
Inactive[ n 29]
ARA San Juan
S-42
none
1985
Lost 2017
ARA Santa Fe
S-43
none
never completed
never completed
ARA Santiago del Estero
S-44
none
never completed
never completed
-no name-
S-45
none
never completed
never completed
-no name-
S-46
none
never completed
never completed
Sailing warships
La Argentina class (Austria-Hungary-built) formally classified as a sailing corvette
Ship name
Pennant number
Other names
Service entry
Decommissioning
ARA La Argentina
none
none
1884
1900
Presidente Sarmiento class (British-built)
^ In 1861 the modern Argentine Republic was born, after the Battle of Pavón .
^ Sunk in shipwreck during patrol in the River Plate off Colonia del Sacramento , Uruguay.
^ Sunk after collision with the heavy cruiser ARA Almirante Brown during fleet exercises off Mar del Plata .
^ Named alternatively Piedrabuena in some sources.
^ As of November 2015, ARA King is being overhauled.
^ Transferred to Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Coast Guard) and renamed PNA Juan Bautista Azopardo
^ Converted to a survey vessel and renamed ARA Comodoro Lasserre .
^ Named alternatively Piedrabuena in some sources.
^ Originally being built for the South African Navy before UN sanctions were applied to South Africa ; was acquired prior to completion.
^ Originally being built for the South African Navy before UN sanctions were applied to South Africa ; was acquired prior to completion.
^ Construction was halted due to budgetary issues, then resumed in 1997.
^ Construction was halted due to budgetary issues, then resumed in 1997.
^ Transferred in 1944 to the Navy as a patrol boat with pennant number P-36. Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993. As of February 2016 is in service based at Ushuaia.
^ A 40mm gun mount was replaced by MM38 Exocet launcher in 1998.
^ At shipyard awaiting overhaul as of late 2014.
^ Converted to a transport and renamed ARA Piedra Buena . Sunk during a storm.
^ Currently a museum ship docked at Buenos Aires ; nominally in commission in the Argentine Navy and declared a National Historical Monument.
^ "Histarmar" list this class as Pilcomayo rather than Bermejo .
^ The service entry date shown in this article is the one listed in the individual ships history, while the page cited shows an earlier date.
^ The Bouchard class ships were classified as mine Trackers ((in Spanish) Rastreadores ) by the Argentine Navy.
^ Sold to Paraguay, renamed Nanawa .
^ Transferred to the Argentine Coast Guard.
^ Sold to Paraguay, renamed Capitán Meza .
^ Sold to Paraguay, renamed Teniente Fariña .
^ Sunk in the surroundings of Cono Point (Tierra del Fuego) with all hands.
^ Sunk during the Falklands War .
^ Incapable of navigation; used for dockside training as of 2020.
^ Stricken from the fleet list after incomplete overhaul.
^ Refit cancelled as of 2020.
^ Used as a training vessel until 1930s, and retired from all training duties in 1961, is currently moored at Buenos Aires as a museum ship .
See also
References
Notes
^ Historia - Tradiciones - Nombres de buques Archived 2017-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Armada Argentina, sitio oficial (in Spanish) Official website of the Argentine Navy (accessed 2015-12-19)
^ Gardiner, Robert and Randal Grey: Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906 - 1921 London: Conway's Maritime Press Ltd, 1985
^ El patrullero "Murature" cumple un ciclo de vida Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine Gaceta Marinera (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-01-16)
^ El jefe de la Armada visitó el patrullero ARA “King” Archived 2015-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Gaceta Marinera, 25-11-2015 (in Spanish) (accessed 2015-12-24)
^ "Lancha Patrullera Clase "Zurubí" (Armada Argentina - Poder Naval - Flota de Mar - Unidades)" . Argentine Navy official website (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Archived from the original on 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2016-02-20 .
^ "P-36 SURUBÍ/ZURUBI (Buques Históricos - Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-02-20 .
^ "Lanchas Rápidas Clase "INTRÉPIDA" " . Argentine Navy official website (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2015 .
^ "Lanchas Rápidas Clase "BARADERO" " . Argentine Navy official website . Argentine Navy. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015 .
^ "Lanchas Patrulleras Clase Way Point" [Way Point class Patrol Boats]. Histarmar - Historia y Arqueología Marítima (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 18 January 2016 .
^ Osvaldo, Sídoli (2009). "LOS CAÑONEROS RENDELL - ARGENTINA" . Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) (in Spanish). Carlos Mey. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
^ Osvaldo, Sídoli (2009). "LOS CAÑONEROS RENDELL - ARGENTINA" . Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) (in Spanish). Carlos Mey. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
^ "Los Barreminas Alemanes de 1922" [German 1922 Minesweepers]. Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-01-17 .
^ "Cazaminas, Barreminas 1900/2000" [Minehunters, Minesweepers 1900/2000]. Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-01-19 .
^ "Rastreadores" [Trackers]. Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-01-21 .
Bibliography
Further reading
Amendolara Bourdette, Ignacio (2005). Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006 (in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN 987-43-9400-5 . Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13 . {{cite book }}
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Arguindeguy, Pablo Eusebio (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810-1970, Tomo 1 (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
Arguindeguy, Pablo Eusebio (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810-1970, Tomo 2 (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
Arguindeguy, Pablo Eusebio (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810-1970, Tomo 3 (in Spanish). Vol. 3. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
Arguindeguy, Pablo Eusebio (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810-1970, Tomo 4 (in Spanish). Vol. 4. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
Arguindeguy, Pablo Eusebio (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810-1970, Tomo 5 (in Spanish). Vol. 5. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
Arguindeguy, Pablo Eusebio (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810-1970, Tomo 6 (in Spanish). Vol. 6. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
Arguindeguy, Pablo Eusebio (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina 1810-1970, Tomo 7 (in Spanish). Vol. 7. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Departamento de Estudios Históricos Navales. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13 .
Burzaco, Ricardo and Ortiz, Patricio. Acorazados y Cruceros de la Armada Argentina, 1881–1992 . Buenos Aires: Eugenio B. Ediciones, 1997. ISBN 987-96764-0-8 . OCLC 39297360 .
External links
"Buques de la Armada Argentina 1900-2013" [(List of ) Ships of the Argentine Navy 1900-2013]. Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar - Carlos Mey. Retrieved 2014-09-14 .