On 28 March 1982 she sailed from Puerto Deseado to participate in Operation Rosario in the Falkland Islands, arriving on 4 April, three days after the initial landings, to provide transport around the archipelago.[1]
Isla de los Estados was sunk by HMS Alacrity during the first hours of 11 May 1982 in a surface action north of the Swan Islands in Falkland Sound. Alacrity engaged Isla de los Estados with her 4.5-inch gun. The Argentine transport blew up after several hits ignited her cargo of jet fuel and ammunition.[2] Only two of the 24 men aboard survived; 15 crew members and seven servicemen (from all three armed forces plus the coast guard) were killed or missing.[1]
isla, estados, argentine, navy, supply, ship, sunk, during, falklands, historynameisla, estadosnamesakeisla, estadosbuildersociedad, metalúrgica, duro, felguera, gijón, spainyard, number122launched1975, trans, béticain, service22, december, 1980identificationi. ARA Isla de los Estados was an Argentine Navy supply ship sunk during the Falklands War HistoryNameIsla de los EstadosNamesakeIsla de los EstadosBuilderSociedad Metalurgica Duro Felguera Gijon SpainYard number122Launched1975 as Trans BeticaIn service22 December 1980IdentificationIMO number 7403718FateSunk 11 May 1982General characteristics 1 TypeCargo shipTonnage3 900 GRTLength81 4 m 267 ft 1 in Beam13 4 m 44 ft 0 in Draught4 5 m 14 ft 9 in PropulsionDiesel engine single screwSpeed14 knots 26 km h 16 mph Complement27Service recordPart of Argentine Navy Naval Transport ServiceOperations Operation Rosario Contents 1 Ship history 1 1 Falklands war 1 2 Sinking 2 See also 3 ReferencesShip history EditThe 3 900 ton ship was built in 1975 by the Sociedad Metalurgica Duro Felguera in Gijon Spain as Trans Betica She was acquired by the Argentine Navy renamed after the island east of Tierra del Fuego and commissioned into the Naval Transport Service on 22 December 1980 being used to maintain a regular transport service between the Falkland Islands and the mainland 1 Falklands war Edit On 28 March 1982 she sailed from Puerto Deseado to participate in Operation Rosario in the Falkland Islands arriving on 4 April three days after the initial landings to provide transport around the archipelago 1 The ship among many other things transported troops to occupy Darwin Goose Green and Fox Bay citation needed Between 15 and 17 April citation needed she sowed mines in the waters surrounding Stanley These mines had been carried by the ARA Bahia Buen Suceso Sinking Edit Isla de los Estados was sunk by HMS Alacrity during the first hours of 11 May 1982 in a surface action north of the Swan Islands in Falkland Sound Alacrity engaged Isla de los Estados with her 4 5 inch gun The Argentine transport blew up after several hits ignited her cargo of jet fuel and ammunition 2 Only two of the 24 men aboard survived 15 crew members and seven servicemen from all three armed forces plus the coast guard were killed or missing 1 See also EditList of auxiliary ships of the Argentine NavyReferences Edit a b c d Historia y Arqueologia Maritima histarmar com ar in Spanish 2011 Archived from the original on 20 March 2012 Retrieved 7 February 2012 Mayorga Horacio A No Vencidos Ed Planeta Buenos Aires 1998 page 320 ISBN 950 742 976 X in Spanish Coordinates 51 42 3 S 59 29 22 W 51 70083 S 59 48944 W 51 70083 59 48944 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ARA Isla de los Estados amp oldid 1099777007, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
