Several ships of the
Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the ...
have been named ''Independencia'' honoring Argentina's
Declaration of Independence
A declaration of independence or declaration of statehood or proclamation of independence is an assertion by a polity in a defined territory that it is independent and constitutes a state. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the ...
from Spain in 1816:
* , a schooner that served during the Independence War
* , a brig of war lost in the Cisplatine War in 1827
* , a ''Libertad''-class coastal battleship, launched in 1891, commissioned in 1893, and decommissioned in 1946
* , a ''Colossus''-class light aircraft carrier, the former HMS ''Warrior'' (R31), commissioned into the Argentine Navy in 1959, decommissioned in 1970, and scrapped in 1971
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