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ARA Bouchard Receives Gun Mount

January 11, 2021 admin

December 16, 2020 (Google Translation) – During yesterday morning, personnel from the ARA «Bouchard» ocean patrol boat, from the Mar del Plata Naval Arsenal, from the Mar del Plata Naval Base and technicians from the French company Naval Group began the assembly tasks of the cannon that will be completed the armament of the unit. Although the preparation tasks began…

ARA Bouchard Captures Chinese Jigger Illegally Fishing

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 admin

May 4, 2020 (Google Translation) – The Argentine Navy under the Ministry of Defense reports that in the early hours of today, ocean patrol ARA “Bouchard” detected and captured a Chinese jigger boat that was fishing illegally within the Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The procedure began when the crew of the ocean patrol ARA “Bouchard” detected the jigger “HONG…

ARA Bouchard on First Sovereignty Patrol

April 30, 2020 admin

April 29, 2020 (Google Translation) – In coordination with the Naval Prefecture, in order to support the task of the Coast Guard GC-27 “Prefect Fique” and verify the behavior of the fishing vessels in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the Argentine Navy highlighted a Grumman S-plane 2 Turbo Tracker belonging to the Anti-submarine Naval Squadron (EA2S). Upon arrival in the…