Wreck of ARA San Juan
Shipwreck site
- Position
- About 45.9° S, 59.8° W (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect military remains
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
The wreck of a military vessel.
This wreck may be the last resting place of those who died aboard. Please treat it with respect.
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 85%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
ARA San Juan (S-42) was a TR-1700-class diesel-electric submarine in service with the Submarine Force of the Argentine Navy from 1985 to 2017. It was built in West Germany, entering service on 19 November 1985, and underwent a mid-life update from 2008 to 2013. On 15 November 2017, San Juan went missing with 44 crewmen during a routine patrol in the South Atlantic off Patagonia. She was believed to have suffered an electrical malfunction, and a multi-nation search operation was mounted. Within hours of San Juan's last transmission, an acoustic anomaly consistent with an implosion was detected in the vicinity of the vessel's last known location. When the submarine was not located for a week, the crew were presumed dead by the Argentine government. On 30 November, the search and rescue operation was abandoned.
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