ARA Punta Médanos (B-18)
ARA Punta Médanos (B-18) was an auxiliary ship of the Argentine Navy, a tanker built at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard, Wallsend, in 1950. While in naval service she made several commercial trips supplementing the YPF tanker fleet, and supported the high seas fleet; in this capacity Punta Médanos participated in the Falklands War in 1982. She was decommissioned in 1984 and sold for scrapping. The vessel was named after the coastal feature of , Argentina, and was the first Argentine naval ship with this name.
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ARA Punta Médanos (B-18)
ARA Punta Médanos (B-18) was an auxiliary ship of the Argentine Navy, a tanker built at the Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard, Wallsend, in 1950. While in naval service she made several commercial trips supplementing the YPF tanker fleet, and supported the high seas fleet; in this capacity Punta Médanos participated in the Falklands War in 1982. She was decommissioned in 1984 and sold for scrapping. The vessel was named after the coastal feature of , Argentina, and was the first Argentine naval ship with this name.
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1950-02-20
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Sunk in June 1988, while being towed to the scrapyard
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Argentina
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Sunk in June 1988, while being towed to the scrapyard
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1950-02-20
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Punta Médanos
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Punta Médanos, a point in Argentina’s coast
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Career and characteristics data from “Histarmar” and “Flota YPF” websites
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Sometimes operated as part of YPF fleet
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