Argentine Navy

Armada de la Argentina, School Cruiser 1937-1974 The Argentinian school cruiser: The cruiser “La Argentina”, was conceived as a training ship of the Argentine Navy and a command ship at the same time, built at Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow, between 1935 and 1937, but she did not take service until February 1939. She was modeled after light … Read more

Rivadavia class Battleships Rivadavia, Moreno (1915) The “dreadnought race” as a spark – Argentina just ended in 1904 a naval arms race with Chile when the Brazilian Government revealed the acquisition in UK of two brand new dreadnought battleships, the Minas Gerais class. Not only they were the best armed for their time but also … Read more