Port Belgrano Naval Base

Port Belgrano Naval Base
Punta Alta, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Near Bahia Blanca
Aerial view of Puerto Belgrano, 1943
Port Belgrano Naval Base is located in Argentina
Port Belgrano Naval Base
Port Belgrano Naval Base
Location in Argentina
Coordinates38°53′13″S 62°05′52″W / 38.88694°S 62.09778°W / -38.88694; -62.09778
TypeNaval base
Area122 hectares (300 acres)
Site information
OperatorArgentine Navy
ConditionOperational
Site history
Built1896 (1896)
In use1896 – present

Port Belgrano Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about 560 km (348 mi) south of Buenos Aires. It is named after the brigantine General Belgrano (named after Manuel Belgrano) which sounded the area in late 1824.

Krupp 240mm gun, Battery nº 4, Puerto Belgrano

Home of the Argentine Seas Fleet ((in Spanish) Flota de Mar), it concentrates the major ships and arsenals; and is close to the main bases of other Argentine Navy organisations: Marine's camp Baterías and Naval aviation's air base Comandante Espora (Spanish: Base Aeronaval Comandante Espora - BACE) .