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.
The current norms establish naming conventions for Argentine Navy ships according to their type, some of them specific to warships are summarized below.[1]
Colossus class (British-built)
Ship name | Pennant number | Picture | Launched | Service entry | Decommissioned | Other names | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Independencia | V-1 | 1944 | 1959 | 1970 | ex-HMS Warrior, ex-HMCS Warrior | Scrapped 1971 | |
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo | V-2 | 1943 | 1969 | 1999 | ex-HNLMS Karel Doorman, formerly HMS Venerable | Scrapped 1999 |
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 |
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 |
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)
Ship name | Pennant number | Picture | Launched | Service entry | Decommissioned | Other Names | Fate |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ARA General Belgrano | C-4 | 1938 | 1951 | 1982† | ARA Diecisiete de Octubre till 1956, ex-USS Phoenix | Sunk by British submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War | |
ARA Nueve de Julio | C-5 | 1936 | 1951 | 1977 | ex-USS Boise | Scrapped 1983 |
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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)
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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)
Ship Name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioned |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Mendoza | D-3 | none | 1929 | 1961 |
ARA La Rioja | D-4 | none | 1929 | 1962 |
ARA Tucuman | D-5 | none | 1929 | 1962 |
Buenos Aires class (British-built)
Ship Name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioned |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Buenos Aires | T-6 / D-6 | none | 1938 | 1971 |
ARA Entre Rios | T-7 / D-7 | none | 1938 | 1971 |
ARA Corrientes | T-8 | none | 1938 | 1941 [n 3] |
ARA San Juan | T-9 / D-9 | none | 1938 | 1971 |
ARA San Luis | T-10 / D-10 | none | 1938 | 1970 |
ARA Misiones | T-11 / D-11 | none | 1938 | 1970 |
ARA Santa Cruz | T-12 / D-12 | none | 1939 | 1972 |
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 |
Murature class (Locally designed and built)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Murature | P-20 | none | 1946 | 2014 [3] |
ARA King | P-21 | none | 1946 | in service [n 5][4] |
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)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Azopardo | P-35 | none | 1957 | 1972 |
ARA Piedra Buena[n 8] | P-36 | none | 1957 | 1973 |
Drummond class (French D'Estienne d'Orves class)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Drummond | P-31 | ex-SAS Good Hope | 1978[n 9] | In reserve |
ARA Guerrico | P-32 | ex-SAS Transvaal | 1978[n 10] | In reserve |
ARA Granville | P-33 | none | 1981 | active |
Espora class (German MEKO 140A16 type, locally built)
Ship Name | Pennant Number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Espora | P-41 | none | 1985 | active |
ARA Rosales | P-42 | none | 1986 | Inactive |
ARA Spiro | P-43 | none | 1988 | active |
ARA Parker | P-44 | none | 1990 | active |
ARA Robinson | P-45 | none | 2000[n 11] | active |
ARA Gómez Roca | P-46 | none | 2004[n 12] | active |
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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]
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Intrépida | P-85 | none | 1974 | active[n 14] |
ARA Indómita | P-86 | none | 1974 | active[n 15] |
Baradero class (Israeli-built Dabur class) [8]
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Baradero | P-61 | none | 1978 | active |
ARA Barranqueras | P-62 | none | 1978 | active |
ARA Clorinda | P-63 | none | 1978 | active |
ARA Concepción del Uruguay | P-64 | none | 1978 | active |
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 |
Paraná class (British-built) - also classified as "corvettes"
Ship Name | Pennant Number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Paraná | none | none | 1875 | 1921 [n 16] |
ARA Uruguay | none | none | 1875 | active [n 17] |
Constitución class (British-built) - locally classified as "bombarderas", they were of the Rendel gunboat type.[10]
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Constitución | none | none | 1875 | 1955 |
ARA República | none | none | 1875 | 1955 |
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)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Cabo San Bartolome | BDT-1 / Q-41 | USS LST-851 | 1948 | 1968 |
ARA Cabo San Diego | BDT-2 | USS LST-995 / Don Nicolas | 1948 | 1966 |
ARA Cabo San Francisco de Paula | BDT-3 | USS LST-998 / Don Ernesto | 1948 | 1968 |
ARA Cabo San Gonzalo | BDT-4 / Q-44 | USS LST-872 / Doña Micaela | 1948 | 1979 |
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)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Cándido de Lasala | Q-43 | ex-USS Gunston Hall | 1970 | 1981 |
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Bathurst class (German-built M1915 and M1916 classes) [12]
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Bathurst | M-1 | ex-German M-48 | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA Fournier | M-2 | ex-German M-51 | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA Jorge | M-3 | ex-German M-52 | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA King | M-4 | ex-German M-53 | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA Murature | M-5 | ex-German M-74 | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA Pinedo | M-6 | ex-German M-75 | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA Py | M-7 | ex-German Margot | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA Segui | M-8 | ex-German M-90 | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA Thorne | M-9 | ex-German M-101 | 1922 | 1960s |
ARA Golondrina | M-10 | ex-German M-105 | 1922 | 1960s |
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]
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Bouchard | M-7 | Nanawa (Paraguayan Navy) | 1937 | 1964[n 21] |
ARA Drummond | M-2 | none | 1937 | 1964 |
ARA Granville | M-4 | none | 1937 | 1967 |
ARA Parker | M-11 | none | 1937 | 1963 |
ARA Spiro | M-13 | none | 1938 | 1962[n 22] |
ARA Robinson | M-3 | none | 1939 | 1967 |
ARA Seaver | M-12 | Capitán Meza (Paraguayan Navy) | 1939 | 1968[n 23] |
ARA Py | M-10 | Teniente Fariña (Paraguayan Navy) | 1939 | 1968[n 24] |
ARA Fournier | M-5 | none | 1940 | 1949[n 25] |
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)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Santa Fe | S-1 | none | 1933 | 1956 |
ARA Salta | S-2 | none | 1933 | 1960 |
ARA Santiago del Estero | S-3 | none | 1933 | 1959 |
Santa Fe (2) class (US-built Balao class)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Santa Fe | S-11 | ex-USS Macabi | 1960 | 1972 |
ARA Santiago del Estero | S-12 | ex-USS Lamprey | 1960 | 1971 |
Santa Fe (3) class (US-built Guppy class)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Santa Fe | S-21 | ex-USS Catfish | 1972 | 1982 [n 26] |
ARA Santiago del Estero | S-22 | ex-USS Chivo | 1971 | 1981 |
Salta class (German-built Type 209)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Salta | S-31 | none | 1974 | Inactive [n 27] |
ARA San Luis | S-32 | none | 1974 | 1997 [n 28] |
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 |
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)
Ship name | Pennant number | Other names | Service entry | Decommissioning |
---|---|---|---|---|
ARA Presidente Sarmiento | none | none | 1898 | active[n 30] |
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