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    Port Belgrano Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near...
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    the Naval Base into an Antarctic Logistic Centre. Port Belgrano Naval Base Mar del Plata Naval Base Falklands Naval Station "Ushuaia naval base in Ushuaia...
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    Michael Boyce, First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy, visited the Puerto Belgrano naval base and paid tribute to those who died. In 2003 a search team aboard...
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    neighbouring the Port Belgrano Naval Base, which is home to the Argentine Naval fleet. The activities revolve around the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, the largest...
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    Castillo (A-6) Port Belgrano Naval Base Ushuaia Naval Base Falklands Naval Station "Data and Station Information for MAR DEL PLATA (NAVAL BASE)". www.psmsl...
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    Antarctica received orders via radio to not surrender if attacked. In Port Belgrano Naval Base, the Argentine Navy began to increase its state of readiness in...
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    a radio transmitter. In 1927 he began work to modernize the naval base of Puerto Belgrano, but before the end of this modernization, left for Europe,...
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    during naval warfare, the naval equivalent of military tactics on land. Naval tactics are distinct from naval strategy. Naval tactics are concerned with...
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  • the next day. Between 21 and 23 May 1962 UFOs were seen at the Port Belgrano Naval Base. In Buenos Aires 2 bright disks remained stationary for 10 minutes...
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    Blanca" in the Command of the V Army Corps and "Baterías" in the Port Belgrano Naval Base. In Neuquén, "La Escuelita de Neuquén" was established in the former...
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    Rosario and Puerto Belgrano in Argentina. Puerto Belgrano, near the city of Bahía Blanca in Buenos Aires Province, is the main naval base in Argentina. The...
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  • after the war and sank her in high seas. Direct control from Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Buenos Aires Province. Vice Admiral Juan Lombardo Rear Admiral Jorge...
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    following which the ship departed for Argentina, arriving at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base on March 21 and being formally commissioned into the Navy on March...
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    USS Phoenix (CL-46) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    was transferred to Argentina in 1951 and was named General Belgrano in 1956. General Belgrano was sunk during the Falklands War in 1982 by the British submarine...
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    General Belgrano had been returning to port at the time of the sinking — it had a crucial strategic effect: the elimination of the Argentine naval threat...
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    the Battle of Sluys in 1340. England's naval forces could not prevent frequent raids on the south-coast ports by the French and their allies. Such raids...
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    should dock at the nearest available port – the nearest large enough being Puerto Belgrano, Argentina's largest naval base, where Endurance docked in mid-March...
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    Fleet in being (category Naval warfare)
    In naval warfare, a "fleet in being" is a naval force that extends a controlling influence without ever leaving port. Were the fleet to leave port and...
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    maritime sovereignty. Puerto Belgrano Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval Puerto Belgrano, abbreviated BNPB) is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated...
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    USS Collett (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    collision. Despite a badly smashed bow, Collett made port under her own power, entering the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for extensive repairs. Her bow was removed...
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  • by Royal Naval personnel, mainly from 1st MCM Squadron based at Rosyth. All five minesweepers were involved in clearing two minefields off Port Stanley...
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  • Amphibious Commandos Group (category Naval units and formations of Argentina)
    Plata to its current base in Puerto Belgrano. On 2 April 1982, the unit was part of the Amphibious Task Force leading the assault on Port Stanley, taking part...
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    cinemas by 1920. [citation needed] Puerto Belgrano, located 29 km to the southeast, is Argentina's largest naval base. Its construction started with a secret...
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    USS Luiseno (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    from her home port, Newport, Rhode Island. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 she operated out of the Guantanamo Naval Base, ready to perform...
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    USS Chivo (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    not capable of submerging, had been towed by night toward Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, and there she was successfully camouflaged between two transports...
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    Grumman F9F Panther (category Carrier-based aircraft)
    Belgrano Naval Base (Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) at Bahía Blanca, Argentina. 0425/3-A-113 (Argentine Navy) - Being restored at Argentine Naval...
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  • and transferred to Argentina in 1922. It was based at the port of Buenos Aires and later at Puerto Belgrano, and it was decommissioned in 1941. The vessel...
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    permanent base is Belgrano II, at around 77 latitudinal degrees south. The southernmost summer base is Sobral, 1,450 km (901 mi) from Belgrano II. The bases...
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  • Ahmad Tasnim (category Naval War College alumni)
    Argentine cruiser General Belgrano during the Falklands War fought in 1980s. In 1990s, he was appointed chairman of the Karachi Port Trust and the Pakistan...
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    up in their base at Port Arthur. By May, the Japanese had landed forces on the Liaodong Peninsula and in August began the siege of the naval station. On...
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