ARA Petrel

History
Argentina
Name	Petrel
Namesake	Petrel, an aquatic bird from Argentina’s littoral.
Builder	Cadenazzi Shipyard, Argentina
Commissioned	17 de Julio de 1965(afirmación de pabellón)
Home port	Buenos Aires
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Type	Hydrographic survey vessel
Displacement	54 tons
Length	19.6 m (64.3 ft)
Beam	4.3 m (14.1 ft)
Draft	1.9 m (6.2 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft, 2 × Diesel engines, 340 hp (250 kW)
Speed	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Range	1,152 nautical miles @ 9kn
Complement	8
Notes	Career and characteristics data from “Histarmar”.

ARA Petrel was a hydrographic survey boat of the Argentine Navy, built in the Cadenazzi Shipyard and based in Buenos Aires. The vessel is named after the petrel, a seabird that inhabits Argentina's littoral, and is the third Argentine naval ship with this name.

Design

Petrel was a coastal and fluvial research ship designed by the engineering team at Cadenazzi Shipyard, where it was built.

It was powered by two diesel engines driving two propellers.

History

Petrel was built in the Cadenazzi Shipyard, in Tigre, Buenos Aires. Commissioned by the Argentine Navy in July 1965, she was assigned to the Naval Hydrographic Service ((in Spanish) Servicio de Hidrografía Naval).

She undertook several campaigns, which included sounding, current measuring, water sampling and bottom sampling; same as the survey launch Cormorán.

As of late 2015, Petrel has been decommissioned.

See also

• List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy

References

Bibliography

• Amendolara Bourdette, Ignacio (2005). Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006 (in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN 987-43-9400-5. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Other sources

• "Buque Hidrográfico A.R.A. "Petrel"" [Hydrographic Ship A.R.A. "Petrel"]. Histarmar - Historia y Arqueología Marítima (in Spanish). Argentina: Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

Further reading

• Arguindeguy, Pablo (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Comando en Jefe de la Armada.