ARA Cormorán
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ARA Cormorán (Q-15) is a hydrographic survey boat of the Argentine Navy, built in the Río Santiago Shipyard and based in Buenos Aires. The vessel is named after the cormorant, a seabird that inhabits Argentina’s littoral, and is the fourth Argentine naval ship with this name.[1]
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ARA Cormorán at anchor, Buenos Aires, 2009 | |
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Argentina | |
Name | Cormorán |
Namesake | Cormorant, an aquatic bird from Argentina’s littoral. |
Builder | AFNE Rio Santiago, Argentina |
Commissioned | 1964 |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Hydrographic survey vessel |
Displacement | 102 tons |
Length | 25.3 m (83.0 ft) |
Beam | 5 m (16.4 ft) |
Draft | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft, 2 × Diesel engines, 440 hp (330 kW) |
Speed | 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
Complement | 21 |
Notes | Career and characteristics data from “Histarmar”.[1] |
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