ARA Independencia
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Two ships of the Armada of the Argentine Republic have been name Independencia in honour of the nation's Declaration of Independence
from Spain:
, a Libertad-class coastal battleship, 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
Argentine Declaration of Independence
What today is commonly referred as the Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen that were assembled in Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America, which is still today one of the legal names of the...
from Spain:
, a Libertad-class coastal battleship, 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