The Other Heroes of the Malvinas/Falklands War

[wireandpaper]

As a reference. the Rio Iguazu with two of the very well known papercraft patrol boats from the Japanese Coast Guard at the same scale.

[herky]

Originally Posted by wireandpaper

As a reference. the Rio Iguazu with two of the very well known papercraft patrol boats from the Japanese Coast Guard at the same scale.

out of interest do you know what argentine ships took part in the landings of argentine forces in the falklands ??

[wireandpaper]

Hi Herky, thank you for your interest,

To my knowledge the main naval vessels that landed troops were:
Submarine ARA Santa Fe: Tactical Divers
Type 42 Santisima Trinidad: Commandos using RIBs
Landing Ship ARA Cabo San Antonio: Amphibious vehicles
Icebreaker ARA Irizar: Heliborne Troops

Other vessels served as well like the:
ARA Hércules , ARA Drummond y ARA Granville y ARA Isla de los Estados, and smaller vessels like the ARA Sobral (that I think I am going to design) and PNA Islas Malvinas and PNA Rio Iguazu.
It is not clear to me how many merchant vessels participated in the landings.

Categoria:Buques de Argentina de la guerra de las Malvinas - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War - Wikipedia

Get ready your Google Translate for the official account by the DOD from Argentina:

Operacion Rosario | Argentina.gob.ar

[wireandpaper]

One model that I would love to see is the HMS Endurance.
Any info? I have not seen any planviews of this important Ice Patrol Ship.

[Bob Penikas]

Pablo,

I always find your posts interesting and look forward to seeing more.

Keep up your good work.


Bob

[wireandpaper]

Thank you Bob,
It is nice to hear from you!

[wireandpaper]

Continuing with the Malvinas/Falklands topic, here is the first draft of the ARA Sobral, a survivor of a helicopter Sea Skua attack. It was a Sotoyomo-class rescue tug, before transfer to Argentina she served as USS Salish (ATA-187).

[wireandpaper]

This is my second try at the ARA Sobral. I increased the forward sheer, adjusted the bridge, and added armament, life raft canisters and boat.

PS: Lots of guesstimations and licenses.

[wireandpaper]

The ARA San Luis submarine was the only vessel from the Argentinian Navy that remained in station after the sinking of the ARA Belgrano during the Malvinas/Falklands War.

[wireandpaper]

The hull of the San Luis is based on STRK’s Modern Naval Warfare Kobben. The rest is from the pictures and one profile found on internet. It also has some guesstimation and licenses.