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ARA Intrépida (P-85)
ARA ''Intrépida'' (P-85) is the lead ship of the of the Argentine Navy. The ship is the lead ship of its class and has a twin sister ship ARA ''Indómita'' (P-86). She is the second ship of the Argentina Navy to bear the name ''Intrépida''. Construction The ship was ordered in 1970 and built by the Lürssen in Bremen-Vegesack, Germany. Service history As of 2021 ''Intrépida'' was reported active and participated in a sea exercise with the destroyer '' Sarandi'', the corvettes '' Espora'', '' Spiro'', ''Robinson Robinson may refer to: People and names * Robinson (name) Fictional characters * Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719 Geography * Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 1960s ...'' and '' Gómez Roca'' and with aircraft from Argentine naval aviation. She was again active on exercises in mid-2022. References Intrépida Ships built in Bremen (state) 1973 ships {{mil-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ushuaia
Ushuaia ( , ) is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. With a population of nearly 75,000 and a location below the 54th parallel south latitude, Ushuaia claims the title of world's southernmost city. A much smaller municipality of less than 3,000 people, Puerto Williams in Chile, is nearer to the 55th parallel south, at a latitude of 54°56' S compared to Ushuaia at 54°48' S. Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, bounded on the north by the Martial mountain range and on the south by the Beagle Channel. It is the only municipality in the Department of Ushuaia, which has an area of . It was founded on October 12, 1884, by Augusto Lasserre and is located on the shores of the Beagle Channel surrounded by the mountain range of the Martial Glacier, in the Bay of Ushuaia. Besides being an administrative center, it is a light industrial port and tourist hub. Ushuaia is lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bremen-Vegesack
Vegesack is a northern district of the city of Bremen. Geography ''Vegesack'' is located about north from the centre of Bremen-city at the mouth of the river Lesum, beside the river Weser (). Abutting the district of Vegesack to the northwest is the district of Blumenthal, in the southeast the district of Burglesum. Across the river Weser is the Lower Saxony village Lemwerder, connected to Vegesack by a ferry service. History Vegesack was established long before the 14th century. At that time the mouth of the river Lesum and the small brook Aue to the river Weser was a preferred and protected berth for sailing ships in the winter time or in the stormy seasons. Therefore, the first buildings might have been a few workshops and accommodations and pubs for the sailors. After the first mention of a ferry across the Weser in the 14th century, the name "Vegesack" was first used in 1453. The source and the meaning of the name is unknown but might be derived from the pub "Thom Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intrépida-class Fast Attack Craft
The ''Intrépida'' class is a class of fast attack craft that was built by Lürssen for the Argentine Navy in the early 1970s. The ships are based on Lürssen's TNC 45 design. Operational history As of 2021 ''Intrépida'' was reported active and participated in a sea exercise with the destroyer ''Sarandi'', the corvettes ''Espora'', ''Spiro'', ''Robinson'' and ''Gómez Roca'' and with aircraft from Argentine naval aviation. Both vessels were reported active on exercises in 2022. Ships in the class * ARA Intrépida (P-85) * ARA Indómita (P-86) See also * Albatros-class fast attack craft (Type 143) * Gepard-class fast attack craft (Type 143A) * Tiger-class fast attack craft (Type 148) * Sa'ar 4-class missile boat (Reshef) References Notes Bibliography * ''Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006''. Ignacio Amendolara Bourdette, , Editor n/a. (Spanish/English text) Further reading * External links Argentine Navy official site, specifications and brief h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARA Gómez Roca
ARA ''Gómez Roca'' (P-46) is the sixth and last ship of the MEKO 140A16 of six corvettes built in Germany for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the first ship to bear the name of Lieutenant Commander Sergio Gómez Roca, who commanded the Argentine patrol ship during the Falklands War and died in action when the ship was attacked by Royal Navy helicopters. Originally the ship was to have been named ''Seaver'' after Captain Benjamin Seaver, a US-born naval hero of the Argentine War of Independence. Origin ''Gómez Roca'' and her sister ships were part of the 1974 Naval Constructions National Plan, an initiative by the Argentine Navy to replace old World War II-vintage ships with more advanced warships. The original plan called for six MEKO 360H2 destroyers, four of them to be built in Argentina, but the plan was later modified to include four MEKO destroyers and six corvettes for anti-surface warfare and patrol operations. Construction ''Gómez Roca'' was constructed at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARA Robinson (P-45)
ARA ''Robinson'' (P-45) is the fifth ship of the MEKO 140A16 of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the second ship to bear the name of British Captain Carlos Robinson, who fought in the Argentine Navy during the Cisplatine War and died commanding a squadron of gunboats during the Battle of La Colonia. Origin ''Robinson'' and her sister ships were part of the 1974 Naval Constructions National Plan, an initiative by the Argentine Navy to replace old World War II-vintage ships with more advanced warships. The original plan called for six MEKO 360H2 destroyers, four of them to be built in Argentina, but the plan was later modified to include four MEKO destroyers and six corvettes for anti-surface warfare and patrol operations. Construction ''Robinson'' was constructed at the Río Santiago Shipyard of the Astilleros y Fábricas Navales del Estado (State Shipyards and Naval Factories) state corporation. Her keel was laid down on 1 March 1983 and was lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARA Spiro (P-43)
ARA ''Spiro'' (P-43) is the third ship of the MEKO 140A16 of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the second ship to bear the name of the Greek-born Captain Samuel Spiro, who fought during the Argentine War of Independence and blew himself up with his ship rather than surrender to the Spanish forces following the battle of Arroyo de la China, in 1814. She is homeported at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base and is part of the Navy's 2nd Corvette Division with her five sister ships. Construction ''Spiro'' and her sister ships were part of the 1974 Naval Constructions National Plan, an initiative by the Argentine Navy to replace old World War II-vintage ships with more advanced warships. The original plan called for six MEKO 360H2 destroyers, four of them to be built in Argentina, but the plan was later modified to include four MEKO destroyers and six corvettes for anti-surface warfare and patrol operations. ''Spiro'' was constructed at the Río Santiago Shipy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARA Espora (P-41)
ARA ''Espora'' (P-41) is the lead ship of the MEKO 140A16 of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. Commissioned in 1985, she is used for fishery patrol. She is homeported at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base and is part of the Navy's 2nd Corvette Division with her five sister ships. The ship is the sixth ship to bear the name of Colonel (Navy) Tomás Espora, who fought in the Argentine Navy during the Cisplatine War. Generator failure left her stranded in South Africa for 73 days in late 2012. Construction ''Espora'' and her sister ships were part of the 1974 Naval Constructions National Plan, an initiative by the Argentine Navy to replace old World War II-vintage ships with more advanced warships. The original plan called for six MEKO 360H2 destroyers, four of them to be built in Argentina, but the plan was later modified to include four MEKO destroyers and six corvettes for anti-surface warfare and patrol operations. ''Espora'' was built at the Río Santiago Shipyard of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARA Sarandí (D-13)
ARA ''Sarandí'' is the fourth and last ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is also the fourth ship in the Argentine Navy to bear that name. ''Sarandí'' is the name of a victory of the Argentine army during the Cisplatine War. The ship, along with the rest of the Argentine navy is poorly maintained and has inadequate staff training due to a lack of funding and import restrictions. In 2003, the ship fired on a friendly Brazilian warship during a joint training exercise. In 2012, the ''Almirante Brown'' class were short of spare parts and suffering engine problems, plus all their ordnance was past its expiry date. Origin ''Sarandí'' and her sister ships were authorized under the Naval Construction National Plan of 1974, an initiative by the Argentine Navy to replace old World War II-vintage warships which were nearing the end of their operational lives. A contract was signed with the Blohm + Voss Shipyards in Hamburg, West Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Routledge
Routledge () is a British multinational publisher. It was founded in 1836 by George Routledge, and specialises in providing academic books, journals and online resources in the fields of the humanities, behavioural science, education, law, and social science. The company publishes approximately 1,800 journals and 5,000 new books each year and their backlist encompasses over 70,000 titles. Routledge is claimed to be the largest global academic publisher within humanities and social sciences. In 1998, Routledge became a subdivision and imprint of its former rival, Taylor & Francis Group (T&F), as a result of a £90-million acquisition deal from Cinven, a venture capital group which had purchased it two years previously for £25 million. Following the merger of Informa and T&F in 2004, Routledge became a publishing unit and major imprint within the Informa "academic publishing" division. Routledge is headquartered in the main T&F office in Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARA Indómita (P-86)
ARA ''Indómita'' (P-86) is an of the Argentine Navy. The vessel has a twin sister ship, . It is the first Argentine ship to bear the name. The vessel was reported active as of 2022. In October 2022 it was reported that ''Indómita'' had received an upgrade incorporating a Stabilized Naval Observation and Marksmanship System (SEON) to enhance her surveillance capabilities. In 2023, ''Indómita'', accompanied by the patrol boats Baradero and Barranqueras, conducted joint exercises with the patrol vessels ''Piloto Sibbald'' and ''Aspirante Isaza'' of the Chilean Navy The Chilean Navy ( es, Armada de Chile) is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso. History Origins and the Wars .... References Indómita Ships built in Bremen (state) 1974 ships {{Mil-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lürssen
Lürssen (or Lürssen Werft) is a German shipyard with headquarters in Bremen-Vegesack and shipbuilding facilities in Lemwerder, Berne and Bremen-Fähr-Lobbendorf. Lürssen designs and constructs yachts, naval ships and special vessels. Trading as Lürssen Yachts, it is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts such as Paul Allen's ''Octopus'', David Geffen's ''Rising Sun'', and Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's ''Azzam'', the second largest private yacht in the world at 180 m in length after the REV Ocean''. History On 27 June 1875 the 24 year-old Friedrich Lürssen set up a boatbuilding workshop in Aumund, a suburb of Bremen, Germany. The focus of work in the first years was on work boats for fishing and ferry operations. Hull number one was a five meter long rowboat. From the 1880s Lürssen opened up the sport boat market. In 1886 the first motorboat in the world was built by Lürssen (according to his own account).''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger''. 16. September 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
