This is a list of currently active ships of the Argentine Navy. In total there are 42 commissioned ships in the navy, including 4 destroyers, 2 amphibious support ships and 3 submarines. The total displacement of the fleet is 129,000 tonnes.[citation needed]

Argentine naval ensign.
Submarine fleet[]
Submarines[]
Note: The submarine fleet is suffering from lack of maintenance and training. The submarines accumulated a total of only 19 hours submerged in 2012 against a minimum requirement of 190 days.[1]
Class | Picture | No. | Boat | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Submarines (3 in service) | ||||||
Santa Cruz | ![]() |
S-41 S-42 |
Santa Cruz San Juan |
1985 1987 |
2,264 tonnes | |
Salta | ![]() |
S-31 | Salta | 1972 | 1,248 tonnes |
Surface fleet[]
Destroyers[]
Note: Argentina uses the classification destructores (destroyers) for the Almirante Brown class, despite them being analogous to frigates by most international classifications.
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Destroyers (4 in service) | ||||||
Almirante Brown | ![]() |
D-10 D-11 D-12 D-13 |
Almirante Brown La Argentina Heroína Sarandí |
1983 1983 1983 1984 |
3,600 tonnes | As of 2013 it is reported that these vessels are suffering from engine problems, a lack of spares, lack of training and are unarmed due to their naval ordnance being expired.[1] |
Corvettes[]
Note: Argentina uses the classification corbetas (corvettes) for the Espora class, despite them being analogous to frigates by most international classifications. Similarly for the Drummond class, which are classified as avisos.
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Corvettes (9 in service) | ||||||
Espora | ![]() |
P-41 P-42 P-43 P-44 P-45 P-46 |
Espora Rosales Spiro Parker Robinson Gómez Roca |
1985 1986 1987 1990 2001 2002 |
1,790 tonnes | Parker (P-44) and Rosales (P-42) are inactive due to a lack of maintenance and a lack of spares. Spiro (P-43) is inactive after sustaining damage during a grounding accident in August 2012.[1] |
Drummond | ![]() |
P-31 P-32 P-33 |
Drummond Guerrico Granville |
1978 1978 1980 |
1,170 tonnes | Rarely put to sea due to lack of spares, maintenance and cost issues.[1] |
Amphibious support ships[]
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Amphibious support ships (2 in service) | ||||||
Modified Type 42 | ![]() |
B-52 | Hércules | 1976/2004 | 4,100 tonnes | A modified type 42 destroyer used as a multi-purpose transport. |
Modified Costa Sur | ![]() |
B-4 | Bahía San Blas | 1978 | 10,894 tonnes | Used as an amphibious cargo ship. |
Patrol vessels[]
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Fast attack craft (2 in service) | ||||||
Intrépida | ![]() |
P-85 P-86 |
Intrépida Indómita |
1974 1974 |
268 tonnes | |
Patrol boats (6 in service) | ||||||
Murature | ![]() |
P-20 P-21 |
Murature King |
1945 1946 |
1,032 tonnes | Used primarily as training vessels. |
Baradero | ![]() |
P-61 P-62 P-63 P-64 |
Baradero Barranqueras Clorinda Concepción del Uruguay |
1978 1978 1978 1978 |
39 tonnes |
Auxiliary vessels[]
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Icebreaker (1 in service) | ||||||
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Q-5 | Almirante Irízar | 1978 | 14,899 tonnes | Out of active service since 2007 due to severe fire damage. Currently under repair at a cost of over USD$100 million. | |
Survey vessels (2 in service) | ||||||
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Q-20 | Puerto Deseado | 1978 | 2,400 tonnes | ||
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Q-11 | Comodoro Rivadavia | 1974 | 827 tonnes | ||
Tanker (1 in service) | ||||||
Durance | ![]() |
B-1 | Patagonia | 2000 | 17,800 tonnes | ex-Durance of the French Navy. Currently the primary under-way replenishment ship of the Argentine Navy. |
Cargo ships (3 in service) | ||||||
Costa Sur | ![]() |
B-3 B-5 |
Canal Beagle Cabo de Hornos |
1978 1979 |
10,894 tonnes | |
Ingeniero Julio Krause | 1993 | 8,346 tonnes | A commercial tanker, now serving with the Naval Transport Service as a cargo ship. | |||
Tug boats (4 in service) | ||||||
Abnaki | ![]() |
A-3 A-6 |
Francisco de Gurruchaga Suboficial Castillo |
1975 1994 |
1,731 tonnes | |
A-2 | Teniente Olivieri | 1,640 tonnes | ||||
Sotoyomo | ![]() |
A-9 | Alferez Sobral | 1972 | 800 tonnes | |
Coastal buoy tenders (3 in service) | ||||||
Red | ![]() |
Q-61 Q-62 Q-63 |
Ciudad de Zárate Ciudad de Rosario Punta Alta |
2000 2000 2000 |
525 tonnes | |
Training ship (1 in service) | ||||||
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Q-2 | Libertad | 1963 | 3,765 tonnes | Tall ship. | |
Yacht (1 in service) | ||||||
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Fortuna III | 2004 | 15 tonnes |
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