ARA Petrel (Q-16)

History
Argentina
Name: Petrel
Namesake: Petrel, an aquatic bird from Argentina’s littoral.
Builder: Cadenazzi Shipyard, Argentina
Commissioned: 1965
Homeport: 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”.[1]

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. [1]

Design

Petrel was a coastal and fluvial research ship designed by the engineering team at Cadenazzi Shipyard, where it was built. [1]

It was powered by two diesel engines driving two propellers. [1]

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 ((Spanish) Servicio de Hidrografía Naval). [1]

She undertook several campaigns, which included sounding, current measuring, water sampling and bottom sampling; same as the survey launch Cormorán. [1]

As of late 2015, Petrel has been decommissioned. [1]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Buque Hidrográfico A.R.A. "Petrel"". Histarmar - Historia y Arqueología Marítima (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

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