ARA Almirante Irízar

History
Argentina
NameAlmirante Irízar
NamesakeJulián Irízar
OwnerArgentine Navy
Ordered17 December 1975
BuilderWärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland
Yard number420
Laid down4 July 1977
Launched3 February 1978
Completed15 December 1978
In service1979–2007; 2017–present
Identification
StatusUndergoing sea trials after refit
General characteristics (as built)
TypeIcebreaker
Displacement14,899 tons
Length121.3 m (398 ft)
Beam25.2 m (83 ft)
Draft9.5 m (31 ft)
Installed power4 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 8PC2-5L (4 × 3,828 kW)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric; two shafts
  • Two DC propulsion motors (2 × 5,950 kW)
  • Two fixed-pitch propellers
Speed
  • 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) (max)
  • 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 1 m (3.3 ft) ice
Endurance60 days
Complement245
Sensors &
processing systems		Plessey AWS-2 radar
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilitiesHelipad and hangar
General characteristics (changes in refit)
Installed power4 × MAN 9L32/40 (4 × 4,500 kW)
Propulsion
  • Diesel-electric, two shafts
  • Two propulsion motors (2 × 6,500 kW)
  • Two fixed-pitch propellers
Complement313

ARA Almirante Irízar is a large icebreaker of the Argentine Navy. She was ordered from a shipyard in Finland in 1975.

A fire broke out in her auxiliary generator compartment in 2007, putting her out of commission until April 2017.

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