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DEWOITINE D 21 (Archivo Naval)
Left to right: Vought V-142A, Grumman JF2, Curtiss CT-32 "Condor". Georg Rauch.
PBY Catalina, Flying Boat. Naval Aviation Museum.
Supermarine Walrus from ARA La Argentina.
Supermarine Walrus. Georg Rauch.
"Caras y Caretas" 1938.
Fairey Seal, British spotter-reconnaissance aircraft. Powerplant: 1× Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIA radial piston engine, 605 hp (450 kW). (Wikipedia).
Boeing-Stearman 76D.1. Courtesy of Georg Rauch.
Grumman J2f "Duck", (Single-engine amphibious biplane)
Vought O2U-1A "Corsair". Georg Rauch.
ARA La Argentina. Supermarine Walrus MKI.
ARA La Argentina. The Supermarine Walrus was a British single-engin amphibious biplane.
1929. Caras y Caretas Magazine.
Glenn Martin 139W. The Argentine Naval Aviation received 13 Model 139WAN aircraft. (Wikipedia).
Sikorsky S-51
ARA Independencia (V1), ex HMS Warrior (R31). Was a Colossous class light aircraft carrier wich served in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1946 to 1948, the Royal Navy from 1948 to 1958, and the Argentine Navy from 1959 to 1969 as ARA Indpendencia V1. Builder Harland and Wolf. Laid Down: 12 December 1942. Launched: 20 May 1944. Commissioned:
2 April 1945. Displacement 18.300 tons. later 18.400 tons. Length: 695 feet (212m), Beam: 80 feet (24m). Draught: 23 feet (7.0m). Propulsion: Four boiler, twin screw steam turbine, 40.000 horsepower (30 MW). Speed: 25 Kts (Knots) 46km/h. Range: 12.000 nautical miles at 14 kts. Complement: 1.075 to 1.300. Armament: 6 x quad QF 2 punder naval guns AA. 32 x 20mm anti-aircraft cannons. Aircrafts: F4U Corsair, SNJ-5Cs Texan and Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Trackers. The Navy inventory also include F9F Panther and F9F Cougar jets but the Independencia was not suitable for operating them.
Source: Info found on Wikipedia
2 April 1945. Displacement 18.300 tons. later 18.400 tons. Length: 695 feet (212m), Beam: 80 feet (24m). Draught: 23 feet (7.0m). Propulsion: Four boiler, twin screw steam turbine, 40.000 horsepower (30 MW). Speed: 25 Kts (Knots) 46km/h. Range: 12.000 nautical miles at 14 kts. Complement: 1.075 to 1.300. Armament: 6 x quad QF 2 punder naval guns AA. 32 x 20mm anti-aircraft cannons. Aircrafts: F4U Corsair, SNJ-5Cs Texan and Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Trackers. The Navy inventory also include F9F Panther and F9F Cougar jets but the Independencia was not suitable for operating them.
Source: Info found on Wikipedia
ARA 25 de Mayo V-2 Aircraft Carrier. The ship previously served in the Royal Navy as HMS Venerable (R63) and the Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Karel Doorman. Built by Camel Laird in Birkenhead yard number 1126 England during WWII. Ordered 7 August 1942. Laid Down 3 December 1942. Launched 30 December 1943. Commissioned 27 November 1944. Decommissioned April 1947. Fate sold to Netherland 1 April 1948. Fate Sol to Argentina 15 October 1968. Commisssioned 12 March 1969. Displacement 19,900 tons. Length 630 feet (192m). Beam 80 feet (24.4m). Draught 24.4 feet (7.5m). Propulsion 4 boilers with steam turbines, 2 shalfts 40,000 shp. Speed 24 kts. Complement 1,300. Armament 12 x 40mm AA guns. Aircraft carried 21. (1982 Malvinas War), A-4Q Skyhawk, S-2 Trackers .1983 modified to carry Dessault Super Etendard. (Wikipedia).
North American SNJ-5C/AT-6. Georg Rauch.
Macchi MB.326
Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy an US Marines Corps. The delta winged, single turbojet engine Skyhawk was designed by Douglas Aircraft Company (Ed Heinemann), and later McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated the A4D under the US Navy's pre-1962 designation system. First flight 22 June 1954. Introduced October 1956. Skyhawk were the primary light bomber used over North Vietnam during the early years of Vietnam War while the USAF was flying the supersonic F-105 Thunderchief, they were later supplanted by the A-7 Corsair in the Navy Light Bomber role. During Malvinas War armed with unguide bombs and lacking any electronic or missile self-defence, Argentine Air Force Skyhawk sank the Type 42 Destroyer HMS Coventry and the Type 21 Frigate HMS Antelope as well as inflicting heavy damage on several others: The RAF Sir Galahad wich was subsequently scuttled as a war grave, the Type 42 HMS Glasgow, the leander Class Frigate HMS Argonaut, the Type 22 Frigate HMS Broadsword and the RAF Sir Tristam. Argentine Navy A-4Q flying from Rio Grande (Tierra del Fuego naval air station),also played a role in the bombing attacks against British ships, destroying the Type 21 HMS Ardent. (Wikipedia)
The Argentine Naval Aviation had received at least 16 Neptunes in different variants since 1958 including eight ex-RAF for use in the Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Exploración (English: Naval exploration squadron).
