ARA Santísima Trinidad (D-2)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Argentina | |
| Name | Santísima Trinidad |
| Namesake | After a brigantine commanded by Admiral Guillermo Brown in 1815 |
| Ordered | 18 May 1970 |
| Builder | AFNE Rio Santiago |
| Laid down | 11 October 1971 |
| Launched | 9 November 1974 |
| Commissioned | 1 July 1981 |
| Out of service | 1989 |
| Homeport | Puerto Belgrano naval base |
| Fate | Sank in harbour in 2013 due to lack of maintenance, later refloated |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type 42 destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,100 tons |
| Length | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Beam | 14.6 m (48 ft) |
| Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Complement | 270 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 x Westland Lynx |
ARA Santísima Trinidad ("Most Holy Trinity") is a Type 42 destroyer of the Argentine Navy, the only one of her class built outside Britain. She participated in the 1982 Falklands War. In January 2013 the ship capsized and sank at her moorings in the Argentine naval base of Puerto Belgrano due to lack of maintenance, being refloated in December 2015. The navy's plan to turn her into a museum ship was not realised and, in 2020, the Argentine president stated that the ship should be scrapped, though this was later blocked by federal courts.