ARA Gómez Roca

ARA Gómez Roca (P-46) is the sixth and last ship of the MEKO 140A16 Espora class of six corvettes built in Germany for the Argentine Navy.

[1] Following her commissioning Gómez Roca participated in several naval exercises and conducted fishery patrol duties in the Argentine exclusive economic zone.

In March 2010, she operated with USS Carl Vinson during the Gringo-Gaucho / Southern Seas 2010 exercises as the aircraft carrier transited around South America to her new home base at San Diego.

As of 2021 Gómez Roca remained active and, in September, participated in a sea exercise also involving her sister ships Espora, Robinson and Spiro, along with the destroyer Sarandi.

[2] In October 2024, Gómez Roca was reported to have engaged in an exercise with her sister ships Espora, Rosales and Robinson as well as with the destroyers La Argentina, Almirante Brown, and Sarandí and with several other vessels.

Gómez Roca participating in Gringo-Gaucho exercises 2010