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| Port Belgrano Naval Base | |
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| Punta Alta,Buenos Aires Province, Argentina NearBahia Blanca | |
 Aerial view of Puerto Belgrano, 1943 | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Naval base |
| Operator | Argentine Navy |
| Condition | Operational |
| Location | |
  Port Belgrano Naval Base Location inArgentina | |
| Coordinates | 38°53′13″S62°05′52″W / 38.88694°S 62.09778°W /-38.88694; -62.09778 |
| Area | 122 hectares (300 acres) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1896 (1896) |
| In use | 1896 – present |
Port Belgrano Naval Base (Spanish:Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) is the largestnaval base of theArgentine Navy, situated next toPunta Alta, nearBahía Blanca, about 560 km (348 mi) south ofBuenos Aires. It is named after thebrigantineGeneral Belgrano (named afterManuel Belgrano) which sounded the area in late 1824.
Home of the Argentine Seas Fleet ((in Spanish)Flota de Mar), it concentrates the major ships and arsenals; and is close to the main bases of other Argentine Navy organisations:Marine's campBaterías andNaval aviation'sair baseComandante Espora (Spanish:Base Aeronaval Comandante Espora - BACE) .
Designed by Italian engineerLuis Luiggi, Puerto Belgrano opened on November 30, 1896, under the namePuerto Militar (English:Military Port). In 1911, the French-owned railway companyFerrocarril Rosario y Puerto Belgrano opened a broad gauge (5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m)) line between Puerto Belgrano andRosario. The harbor was renamed Puerto Belgrano in 1923.
The base grew in importance with the size of the fleet. DuringWorld War I andWorld War II theRivadavia-class battleshipsARA Moreno andARA Rivadavia were docked here, and during theCold War the aircraft carriersARA Independencia andARA Veinticinco de Mayo were docked at this base.
The shipyard continues doing maintenance and refits of vessels andsubmarines.
In April 2006, theRoyal Navy's Antarctic patrol vesselHMS Endurance entered Puerto Belgrano for repairs after damaging its rudder while inAntarctica in February. It was the first time since the end of the 1982Falklands War (Spanish:Guerra de las Malvinas) that a British Royal Navy ship had entered the Argentine naval base.
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The base contains a naval hospital, specialized workshops, six middle and tertiary level military schools, a banking headquarters and seven residential neighborhoods for naval personnel, public schools, a printing press, the newsroom of the magazine "Gaceta Marinera", a bank headquarters, the "Stella Maris" Catholic parish, a civil registry, post office, a museum, seven residential neighborhoods for naval personnel, a hotel, among other facilities. All of them surround the quays and drywalls that were proposed by the ship's captainFélix Dufourq, who carried out many of the studies aimed at finding the most suitable place for the construction of the naval facilities.
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A launch pad is planned Argentine space launch vehicle "Tronador II", named Centro Espacial Manuel Belgrano (CEMB) at38°57′46″S61°42′54″W / 38.9628°S 61.715°W /-38.9628; -61.715 (Centro Espacial Manuel Belgrano (CEMB)).[2][3] Land for the construction of the facilities were ceded toCONAE (Argentine Space Agency). The location was selected because of existing Navy facilities, security measures already in place, large enough available area, and a favorable location for launches into polar orbits.[4]
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