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ARA Garibaldi class armoured cruisers (1898)

Garibaldi class armoured cruisers (1901) Italy/Argentina (1894-1904) Four Armoured Cruisers: Garibaldi, Belgrano, Puyrredon, San Martin The six Argentinian Armored Cruisers…

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ARA Independencia (1958)

ARA Independencia (1958) Argentinian Aircraft Carrier, ex-HMS Warrior (1958-1971) Argentina Day ! For this national independence day, let’s see the…

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ARA Buenos Aires (1895)

ARA Buenos Aires, Protected Cruiser (1895) Argentina (1893-1935) Next step in the Chile-Argentina naval arms race for the latter, a…

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ARA Nueve de Julio (1892)

ARA 9 de Julio Protected Cruiser (1892) Argentina (1891-1938) Still going on the Chile-Argentina naval arms race of the 1890s,…

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ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (1890)

Veinticinco de Mayo class cruisers (1930) ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (1890-1921) ARA Veinticinco de Mayo: Along the line of the…

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WW2 Argentinian Destroyers

Argentinian Destroyers 22 Destroyers (1911-1942) WWI Destroyers, still active in WW2 ARA Corrientes In 1906, Argentina had the following: Three…

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Veinticinco de Mayo class cruisers (1930)

Veinticinco de Mayo class cruisers (1930) ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, Almirante Brown (CA1, CA2) The Argentinian Trentos – What made…

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Cruiser La Argentina (1937)

Armada de la Argentina, School Cruiser 1937-1974 The Argentinian school cruiser: The cruiser “La Argentina”, was conceived as a training…

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Rivadavia class Battleships

Rivadavia class Battleships Rivadavia, Moreno (1915) The “dreadnought race” as a spark – Argentina just ended in 1904 a naval…