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11 unusual facts about Argentine Navy


Alas Building

Perón, however, did not seek refuge there during the June 16, 1955, bombing of Plaza de Mayo by the Argentine Navy in an attempted coup, nor was he able to do so during his eventual overthrow, three months later.

ARA Veinticinco de Mayo

ARA Veinticinco de Mayo may refer to the following specific vessels of the Argentine Navy

Augusto Vandor

He enlisted in the Argentine Navy in 1940, and later became an officer aboard the minesweeper ARA Comodoro Py.

Buenos Aires-class destroyer

The Buenos Aires class destroyers were a group of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy in Britain in the 1930s.

El Trece

During the self-styled National Reorganization Process, the last military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983 - the channel's administration was handed over to the Argentine Navy, a condition maintained until 1983, when democratic rule was restored.

Francisco Manrique

Manrique resigned from the Navy as a captain in 1958 to start a daily newspaper in opposition to President Arturo Frondizi, Correo de la Tarde.

Jorge Anaya

Admiral Jorge Isaac Anaya (27 September 1926 – 9 January 2008) was a former Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Navy.

Julián Irízar

Admiral Julián Irízar (Capilla del Señor, Buenos Aires Province, January 7, 1869 – March 17, 1935) was an officer of the Argentine Navy.

Julio Mario Luqui-Lagleyze

Professor at the Argentine Navy, serves as adviser to the Division of Historical Research Department Naval Historical Studies since 1989.

ONUCA and ONUSAL

ONUSAL military observers in the "Military Division" included officers from Spain, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Ireland, Sweden, India and Venezuela; Argentina provided medical officers and Argentine Navy's patrol boats.

Otto Krause

He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires School of Exact Sciences in 1874, though he enlisted in the Argentine Navy as an engineer's assistant later that year.


Argentine Military Cemetery

Armada de la República Argentina (Navy) - 341 (including 321 in Belgrano and 4 naval aviators)

German submarine U-530

U-530 did not initially surrender at war's end, as ordered by Admiral Dönitz; instead the crew headed for Argentina and ultimately surrendered to the Argentine Navy on 10 July 1945 at Mar del Plata.