List of active Argentine Navy ships
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The list of active ships of the Argentine Navy includes ships currently[when?] in commission with the Navy, or operated by the Navy on behalf of other organizations.
As of the mid-2020s, there were about 40 commissioned ships in the navy, including 3 destroyers, 1 amphibious support ship and 2 submarines (though both boats were non-operational as of 2022). The draft 2023 budget submitted to Congress envisages 60 days of navigation for technical and tactical naval training. These were 19 fewer days than in 2022. In 2024, the Navy managed a total of 139 days of navigation.[1] In contrast, in 2012 the naval force was allocated 358 sailing days.[2] However, the 2025 defence budget envisaged the navy as completing 480 days of "navigation" in that year.[3]
As part of the Argentinian Navy’s modernisation and streamlining plans, in September 2024, it was announced that four of its older ships would be auctioned off, including two corvettes, a tugboat and a survey ship.[4] Subsequently, all three of the navy's Drummond-class corvettes were retired following prolonged inactivity for two of the three vessels.
Warships
Submarines
As of 2025, the entire submarine fleet is inactive.
| Class | No. | Boat | Commissioned | Displacement | Note | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack submarines | ||||||
 /  Santa Cruz | S-41 | Santa Cruz (in reserve) | 1984 | 2,264 tonnes | Reported "inactive", refit cancelled as of 2020[5][6] |  |
| Salta | S-31 | Salta (in reserve) | 1973 | 1,248 tonnes | Reported inactive as of 2020[7] |  |
Destroyers
Note: Argentina uses the classification destructores (destroyers) for the Almirante Brown class, despite them being analogous to medium frigates by most international classifications.
| Class | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destroyers | ||||||
| Almirante Brown | D-10 D-11 D-13 | Almirante Brown La Argentina Sarandí | 1983 1983 1984 | 3,600 tonnes | Heroína (D-12) formally retired from service in 2024 after prolonged inactivity.[8][9] |  |
Corvettes
Patrol vessels
| Class | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offshore patrol vessels | ||||||
| Gowind |
P-51 |
|
1,650 tonnes | Built by Naval Group, France.[14][15][16][17][18] |  | |
| Murature-class patrol ship | P-21 | King | 1946 | 1,032 tonnes | Converted minelayer
Used primarily as training vessel.[n 1][19][20] Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014[21] |
 |
| Fast attack craft | ||||||
| Intrépida | P-85 P-86 | Intrépida Indómita | 1974 1974 | 268 tonnes | .jpg) | |
| Patrol boats | ||||||
| Zurubí | P-55 | Zurubí | 1939 | 33 tonnes | Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993.[n 2][22][23] |  |
 /  Baradero | P-61 P-62 P-63 P-64 | Baradero Barranqueras Clorinda Concepción del Uruguay | 1978 1978 1978 1978 | 39 tonnes | Patrol boats sold by Israel |  |
| Punta Mogotes | P-65 P-66 | Punta Mogotes Río Santiago | 2000 | 26.5 tonnes | 1970s era patrol boats acquired from US | .jpg) |
Amphibious support ship
| Class | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modified Costa Sur | B-4 | Bahía San Blas | 1978 | 10,894 tonnes | Used as an amphibious cargo ship. |  |
Auxiliary vessels
| Class | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icebreaker | ||||||
 Almirante Irízar | Q-5 | ARA Almirante Irízar (Q-5) | 1978 | 14,899 tonnes | Returned to active service in April 2017 following several years of repairs. |  |
| Survey vessels | ||||||
| Puerto Deseado | Q-20 | Puerto Deseado | 1978 | 2,400 tonnes |  | |
| Austral | Q-21 | Austral | 2015 | 4,900 tonnes | ex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET; returned to service 2021 following maintenance.[24] |  |
| Tanker | ||||||
 Durance | B-1 | Patagonia | 2000 | 17,800 tonnes | ex-Durance of the French Navy.[n 3] |  |
| Cargo ship | ||||||
| Costa Sur | B-3 | Canal Beagle | 1978 | 10,894 tonnes |  | |
| Coastal buoy tenders | ||||||
| Red | Q-61 Q-62 Q-63 | Ciudad de Zárate Ciudad de Rosario Punta Alta | 2000 2000 2000 | 525 tonnes |  | |
| Training ships | ||||||
| Libertad | Q-2 | Libertad | 1963 | 3,765 tonnes | In service | .jpg) |
| Luisito | Q-51 | Luisito | 1983 | Used by the National Fishing School | ||
| LICA | Ciudad de Ensenada Ciudad de Berisso | 2024 2024[25][26] | 282 tonnes | Officer cadet training[27][28][29][30] |  | |
| Yacht | ||||||
| Fortuna | Fortuna III | 2004 | 15 tonnes |  | ||
| Aviso | ||||||
| Teniente Olivieri | A-2 | Teniente Olivieri | 1987 | 1,640 tonnes | _Antartida.jpg) | |
 Neftegaz | A-21 A-22 A-23 A-24 | Puerto Argentino Estrecho San Carlos Bahía Agradable Islas Malvinas | 2015 | 2.700 tonnes |  | |
| Museum ship | ||||||
| Presidente Sarmiento | 1897 | 2,750 tonnes | She is now maintained in her original 1898 appearance as a museum ship in Puerto Madero near downtown Buenos Aires. |  | ||
| Uruguay | 1874 | 550 tonnes | Removed from naval service in 1962, the Uruguay was in 1967 declared a National Historic Landmark. currently[when?] integrated since 1967 as a museum ship with the frigate ARA Presidente Sarmiento in the Museum of Sea and Navigation.[note 1] It is moored at Puerto Madero in the city of Buenos Aires, in the dock area No. 3, a short distance from Presidente Sarmiento.[32] | .jpg) | ||
See also
Notes
- [Historic monument] "Monumento histórico ...el Poder Ejecutivo declaró por decreto del 06 de Junio de 1967 a la corbeta Uruguay monumento histórico, responsabilizando a la Comisión Nacional de Museos, Monumentos y Lugares Históricos, junto con la Armada de la conservación de la nave y de proyectar su futuro destino y funcionamiento."[31]