ARA Hércules (B-52)
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ARA Hércules was a former Type 42 destroyer of the Argentine Navy (Spanish: Armada de la República Argentina), which was transformed into a multi-purpose transport ship with the pennant number B-52 (previously D-1) and assigned to the amphibious force in 1999. She was formally decommissioned in 2024 after having been non-operational for several years.[1]
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Name | Hércules |
Namesake | After a frigate commanded by Admiral Guillermo Brown in 1814 |
Ordered | 18 May 1970 |
Builder | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering |
Laid down | 16 June 1971 |
Launched | 24 October 1972 |
Acquired | 10 May 1976 |
Commissioned | 12 July 1976 |
Decommissioned | March 2024 |
Reclassified | 1999 |
Homeport | Puerto Belgrano Naval Base |
Identification | B-52 |
Status | Decommissioned |
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Class and type | Type 42 destroyer |
Displacement | 4,100 tons (4,170 t) |
Length | 125 m (410 ft) |
Beam | 14.6 m (48 ft) |
Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
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Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
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