Hunt for missing Argentine submarine

Bad weather conditions are hampering efforts to find Argentine navy submarine ARA San Juan, missing in the South Atlantic with 44 crew


Nov 15: Submarine vanishes while returning from routine mission in Ushuaia to its base at Mar del Plata. Search area concentrated on last known position – approximately 430km off Valdez peninsula


Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
URUGUAY
Bahia Blanca
Mar del Plata
PACIFIC OCEAN
CHILE
Valdez peninsula
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Comodoro Rivadavia
Gulf of San Jorge
Falkland Islands (UK)
(Islas Malvinas)
Tierra del Fuego
Ushuaia, Nov 8: Submarine departs
400km 250 miles


ARA SAN JUAN (S-42): Newest of three submarines in Argentine navy
Length: 65m
Beam: 7.3m
Endurance 30 days
Speed, surface 15 knots
Submerged 25 knots
Electric motor 
Generators 
Batteries 
6 x 533mm torpedo tubes


Sources: BBC, Global Security 
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