ARA ''Petrel'' was a hydrographic survey boat of the Argentine Navy, built in the Cadenazzi Shipyard and based in Buenos Aires. The vessel is named after the

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, a

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that inhabits Argentina's littoral, and is the third Argentine naval ship with this name.

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''Petrel'' was a

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and fluvial research ship designed by the engineering team at Cadenazzi Shipyard, where it was built. It was powered by two diesel engines driving two

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History

''Petrel'' was built in the Cadenazzi Shipyard, in

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. Commissioned by the Argentine Navy in July 1965, she was assigned to the Naval Hydrographic Service ( ''Servicio de Hidrografía Naval''). She undertook several campaigns, which included sounding, current measuring, water sampling and bottom sampling; same as the survey launch ''Cormorán''. As of late 2015, ''Petrel'' has been decommissioned.

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