History | |
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Argentina | |
Name | Isla de los Estados |
Namesake | Isla de los Estados |
Builder | Sociedad Metalúrgica Duro Felguera, Gijón, Spain |
Yard number | 122 |
Launched | 1975, as Trans-Bética |
In service | 22 December 1980 |
Identification | IMO number: 7403718 |
Fate | Sunk, 11 May 1982 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Cargo ship |
Tonnage | 3,900 GRT |
Length | 81.4 m (267 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 13.4 m (44 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | Diesel engine, single screw |
Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 27 |
Service record | |
Part of: | Argentine Navy, Naval Transport Service |
Operations: | Operation Rosario |
ARA Isla de los Estados was an Argentine Navy supply ship sunk during the Falklands War.