ARA Veinticinco de Mayo
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo or Veinticinco de Mayo may refer to one the following vessels of the Argentine Navy
- Brigantine Veinticinco de Mayo (1810), launched in 1810, which served during the Independence War in the first Argentine naval squadron, and in the Civil War that followed
- Schooner Veinticinco de Mayo (1815), which served as a corsair during the Independence War
- Frigate Veinticinco de Mayo (1826), which served during the Cisplatine War
- Frigate Veinticinco de Mayo (1828), lost in a shipwreck in 1828
- Frigate Veinticinco de Mayo (1841), 1841-1860
- Steamer Veinticinco de Mayo (1859), which was captured by Paraguay in 1865 causing the Argentine intervention in the Paraguayan War
- Cruiser ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (1891), 1891-1916
- Cruiser ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (C-2), 1931-1960
- Aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2), 1969-1997
The English translation of the name is Twenty-fifth of May, which is the date of Argentina's May Revolution in 1810.
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