Julián Irízar

Julián Irizar

Julian Irizar as Admiral
Born (1869-01-07)7 January 1869
Capilla del Señor, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died 17 March 1935(1935-03-17) (aged 66)
Buenos Aires
Buried at Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires
Allegiance Argentina
Service/branch Argentine Navy
Years of service 18841932
Rank Vice Admiral (Equivalent of U.S.A. Rear Admiral)
Commands held ARA Uruguay
Supervised modernization of battleships Mariano Moreno and Bernado Rivadavia in the United States
Promoted to Vice Admiral 1926,
Appointed National Maritime Prefect 1932
Chaired Naval Center for two years starting 1931

Admiral Julián Irízar (Capilla del Señor, Buenos Aires Province, January 7, 1869 March 17, 1935) was an officer of the Argentine Navy. He became a key figure in the modernization of the navy's fleet, the commander of the First Division of the Navy and later Naval Center President, but his most memorable action was as commander of the corvette Uruguay in the 1903 rescue of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld, whose ship, the Antarctic was destroyed by ice. At the time of the rescue he held the rank Capitán de Corbeta (Lieutenant Commander). (See ARA Uruguay for more information.)

Irízar entered the Naval Academy on March 11, 1884.

In 1898 he was part of the commission to monitor construction of the frigate ARA Presidente Sarmiento in England. When in 1899 that ship embarked on its first voyage of circumnavigation, he was an officer of the staff of the ship. Becoming a specialist in explosives, he then took postings as naval attaché at the diplomatic missions in Britain and Germany, and as purchasing agent for the Navy for ammunition and artillery materials.

Later career

Irizar was promoted to Capitán de Fragata (Commander) following the rescue of the Swedish Expedition.

He retired on January 8 of 1932, and died four years later.

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