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[td]On 17 September 1949 ''Fournier'' reached [[Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz|Rio Gallegos]] in a round trip from Ushuaia, carrying doctor Raul Wernicke and his son on a scientific expedition through the [[Tierra del Fuego|Fuegian channels]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-27 |title=Recordaron a la tripulación que naufragó en el Rastreador ARA “Fournier” |url=https://www.nuestromar.org/antiguas...n-que-naufrago-en-el-rastreador-ara-fournier/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Fundación Nuestromar |language=es-AR}}</ref> On 21 September, on her way back, the ship departed Río Gallegos for Ushuaia through the [[Magellan Straits]]: most of the journey would be across Chilean waters.<ref name="nyt" /> ''Fournier'' radioed a message to Ushuaia at 4:30 pm and never made contact again. A massive [[search and rescue]] operation was launched on 23 September when the ship failed to arrive,<ref name="maz" /> led by ''Fournier''<nowiki/>'s sister ship ARA ''Spiro''.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Chilean Navy]] [[Sotoyomo-class tugboat|Sotoyomo-class]] tugboat ''Lautaro'' joined the search after Chilean authorities were put on alert by the Argentine Navy.<ref name=":1" />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]On 3 October<ref name=":2" /> floating debris was spotted by a [[Chilean Air Force]] [[A-24 Banshee]]<ref name=":1" /> recoinnasaince aircraft off Punta Cono, southwest of [[Dawson Island]]. The Argentine transport ships ''Bahía Blanca'' and ''Sanavirón'' were immediatly dispached to the area, where they found a boat, a lifejacket and later the body of a crewmember of ''Fournier.''<ref name=":2" /> Following a tip from a local fisherman, the ''Spiro'' recovered two more bodies at Caleta Zig-Zag, a cove adjacent to Punta Cono. The man, a half-[[Kawésqar|Alakaluf]] who resided in the island, had buried the remains on a beach after finding a lifeboat with the dead seamen aboard. The ''Lautaro,'' sweeping the same zone, found another lifeboat with the bodies of ''Fournier''<nowiki/>'s commander, the second in command and three non-commisioned officers aboard. Sometime later a Chilean [[Catalina flying boat]] found a patch of oil in what was the probable spot where the ''Fournier'' sank. The hour of sinking was established from the wrist watches of the rescued bodies, all of which struck 5:25 pm.<ref name=":1" />[/td]
[td]On 3 October<ref name=":2" /> floating debris was spotted by a [[Chilean Air Force]] [[A-24 Banshee]]<ref name=":1" /> recoinnasaince aircraft off Punta Cono, southwest of [[Dawson Island]]. The Argentine transport ships ''Bahía Blanca'' and ''Sanavirón'' were immediatly dispached to the area, where they found a boat, a lifejacket and later the body of a crewmember of ''Fournier.''<ref name=":2" /> Following a tip from a local fisherman, the ''Spiro'' recovered two more bodies at Caleta Zig-Zag, a cove adjacent to Punta Cono. The man, a half-[[Kawésqar|Alacaluf]] who resided in the island, had buried the remains on a beach after finding a lifeboat with the dead seamen aboard. The ''Lautaro,'' sweeping the same zone, found another lifeboat with the bodies of ''Fournier''<nowiki/>'s commander, the second in command and three non-commisioned officers aboard. Sometime later a Chilean [[Catalina flying boat]] found a patch of oil in what was the probable spot where the ''Fournier'' sank. The hour of sinking was established from the wrist watches of the rescued bodies, all of which struck 5:25 pm.<ref name=":1" />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]It was later determined that ''Fournier'' sank on or around 22 September, apparently after [[Ship grounding|striking a rock]] about {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south of [[Punta Arenas]].<ref name="msi" /><ref name="dh">Nash, p. 703.</ref> It was eventually established that the ship had capsized in rough sea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-22 |title=A 75 años del hundimiento del ARA Fournier: Homenaje a los héroes de las aguas australes |url=https://pescare.com.ar/a-75-anos-de...homenaje-a-los-heroes-de-las-aguas-australes/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Pescare |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> All hands on board, initially reported as 60<ref name="nyt" /> but later established to be 77,<ref name="dh" /> including doctor Wernicke and his son,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monumento en homenaje a los muertos en el hundimiento del Rastreador Fournier |url=https://www.archivodepunta.com.ar/3317-2/ |access-date=2025-08-30 |language=es}}</ref> were lost.<ref name="dh" /> Only nine bodies were recovered<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chaluleu |first=Mariano |date=2024-12-17 |title=A.R.A Fournier. La historia de un naufragio que marcó a la Armada y a un hijo que nunca conoció a su padre |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifesty...a-un-hijo-que-nunca-conocio-a-su-nid17122024/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref> all of them at a bay near the mouth of a channel south of Dawson Island.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Informe del Comandante Hugo Alsina Calderón sobre el naufragio del ARA Fournier - Wikisource |url=https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Info..._Calderón_sobre_el_naufragio_del_ARA_Fournier |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=es.wikisource.org |language=es}}</ref> The sinking of ''Fournier'' was publicly announced on 4 October.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Díaz |first=Marcelo |date=27 September 2020 |title=A 71 años de la tragedia en la que murieron 77 Tripulantes del Fournier |url=https://www.0223.com.ar/nota/2020-9...n-la-que-murieron-77-tripulantes-del-fournier |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=0223.com.ar |language=es}}</ref>[/td]
[td]It was later determined that ''Fournier'' sank on or around 22 September, apparently after [[Ship grounding|striking a rock]] about {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south of [[Punta Arenas]].<ref name="msi" /><ref name="dh">Nash, p. 703.</ref> It was eventually established that the ship had capsized in rough sea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-22 |title=A 75 años del hundimiento del ARA Fournier: Homenaje a los héroes de las aguas australes |url=https://pescare.com.ar/a-75-anos-de...homenaje-a-los-heroes-de-las-aguas-australes/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Pescare |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> All hands on board, initially reported as 60<ref name="nyt" /> but later established to be 77,<ref name="dh" /> including doctor Wernicke and his son,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monumento en homenaje a los muertos en el hundimiento del Rastreador Fournier |url=https://www.archivodepunta.com.ar/3317-2/ |access-date=2025-08-30 |language=es}}</ref> were lost.<ref name="dh" /> Only nine bodies were recovered<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chaluleu |first=Mariano |date=2024-12-17 |title=A.R.A Fournier. La historia de un naufragio que marcó a la Armada y a un hijo que nunca conoció a su padre |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifesty...a-un-hijo-que-nunca-conocio-a-su-nid17122024/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref> all of them at a bay near the mouth of a channel south of Dawson Island.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Informe del Comandante Hugo Alsina Calderón sobre el naufragio del ARA Fournier - Wikisource |url=https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Info..._Calderón_sobre_el_naufragio_del_ARA_Fournier |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=es.wikisource.org |language=es}}</ref> The sinking of ''Fournier'' was publicly announced on 4 October.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Díaz |first=Marcelo |date=27 September 2020 |title=A 71 años de la tragedia en la que murieron 77 Tripulantes del Fournier |url=https://www.0223.com.ar/nota/2020-9...n-la-que-murieron-77-tripulantes-del-fournier |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=0223.com.ar |language=es}}</ref>[/td]
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[td]On 17 September 1949 ''Fournier'' reached [[Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz|Rio Gallegos]] in a round trip from Ushuaia, carrying doctor Raul Wernicke and his son on a scientific expedition through the [[Tierra del Fuego|Fuegian channels]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-27 |title=Recordaron a la tripulación que naufragó en el Rastreador ARA “Fournier” |url=https://www.nuestromar.org/antiguas...n-que-naufrago-en-el-rastreador-ara-fournier/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Fundación Nuestromar |language=es-AR}}</ref> On 21 September, on her way back, the ship departed Río Gallegos for Ushuaia through the [[Magellan Straits]]: most of the journey would be across Chilean waters.<ref name="nyt" /> ''Fournier'' radioed a message to Ushuaia at 4:30 pm and never made contact again. A massive [[search and rescue]] operation was launched on 23 September when the ship failed to arrive,<ref name="maz" /> led by ''Fournier''<nowiki/>'s sister ship ARA ''Spiro''.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Chilean Navy]] [[Sotoyomo-class tugboat|Sotoyomo-class]] tugboat ''Lautaro'' joined the search after Chilean authorities were put on alert by the Argentine Navy.<ref name=":1" />[/td]Revision as of 23:37, 4 September 2025
[/td][td]On 17 September 1949 ''Fournier'' reached [[Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz|Rio Gallegos]] in a round trip from Ushuaia, carrying doctor Raul Wernicke and his son on a scientific expedition through the [[Tierra del Fuego|Fuegian channels]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-09-27 |title=Recordaron a la tripulación que naufragó en el Rastreador ARA “Fournier” |url=https://www.nuestromar.org/antiguas...n-que-naufrago-en-el-rastreador-ara-fournier/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Fundación Nuestromar |language=es-AR}}</ref> On 21 September, on her way back, the ship departed Río Gallegos for Ushuaia through the [[Magellan Straits]]: most of the journey would be across Chilean waters.<ref name="nyt" /> ''Fournier'' radioed a message to Ushuaia at 4:30 pm and never made contact again. A massive [[search and rescue]] operation was launched on 23 September when the ship failed to arrive,<ref name="maz" /> led by ''Fournier''<nowiki/>'s sister ship ARA ''Spiro''.<ref name=":1" /> The [[Chilean Navy]] [[Sotoyomo-class tugboat|Sotoyomo-class]] tugboat ''Lautaro'' joined the search after Chilean authorities were put on alert by the Argentine Navy.<ref name=":1" />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]On 3 October<ref name=":2" /> floating debris was spotted by a [[Chilean Air Force]] [[A-24 Banshee]]<ref name=":1" /> recoinnasaince aircraft off Punta Cono, southwest of [[Dawson Island]]. The Argentine transport ships ''Bahía Blanca'' and ''Sanavirón'' were immediatly dispached to the area, where they found a boat, a lifejacket and later the body of a crewmember of ''Fournier.''<ref name=":2" /> Following a tip from a local fisherman, the ''Spiro'' recovered two more bodies at Caleta Zig-Zag, a cove adjacent to Punta Cono. The man, a half-[[Kawésqar|Alakaluf]] who resided in the island, had buried the remains on a beach after finding a lifeboat with the dead seamen aboard. The ''Lautaro,'' sweeping the same zone, found another lifeboat with the bodies of ''Fournier''<nowiki/>'s commander, the second in command and three non-commisioned officers aboard. Sometime later a Chilean [[Catalina flying boat]] found a patch of oil in what was the probable spot where the ''Fournier'' sank. The hour of sinking was established from the wrist watches of the rescued bodies, all of which struck 5:25 pm.<ref name=":1" />[/td]
[td]On 3 October<ref name=":2" /> floating debris was spotted by a [[Chilean Air Force]] [[A-24 Banshee]]<ref name=":1" /> recoinnasaince aircraft off Punta Cono, southwest of [[Dawson Island]]. The Argentine transport ships ''Bahía Blanca'' and ''Sanavirón'' were immediatly dispached to the area, where they found a boat, a lifejacket and later the body of a crewmember of ''Fournier.''<ref name=":2" /> Following a tip from a local fisherman, the ''Spiro'' recovered two more bodies at Caleta Zig-Zag, a cove adjacent to Punta Cono. The man, a half-[[Kawésqar|Alacaluf]] who resided in the island, had buried the remains on a beach after finding a lifeboat with the dead seamen aboard. The ''Lautaro,'' sweeping the same zone, found another lifeboat with the bodies of ''Fournier''<nowiki/>'s commander, the second in command and three non-commisioned officers aboard. Sometime later a Chilean [[Catalina flying boat]] found a patch of oil in what was the probable spot where the ''Fournier'' sank. The hour of sinking was established from the wrist watches of the rescued bodies, all of which struck 5:25 pm.<ref name=":1" />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]It was later determined that ''Fournier'' sank on or around 22 September, apparently after [[Ship grounding|striking a rock]] about {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south of [[Punta Arenas]].<ref name="msi" /><ref name="dh">Nash, p. 703.</ref> It was eventually established that the ship had capsized in rough sea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-22 |title=A 75 años del hundimiento del ARA Fournier: Homenaje a los héroes de las aguas australes |url=https://pescare.com.ar/a-75-anos-de...homenaje-a-los-heroes-de-las-aguas-australes/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Pescare |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> All hands on board, initially reported as 60<ref name="nyt" /> but later established to be 77,<ref name="dh" /> including doctor Wernicke and his son,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monumento en homenaje a los muertos en el hundimiento del Rastreador Fournier |url=https://www.archivodepunta.com.ar/3317-2/ |access-date=2025-08-30 |language=es}}</ref> were lost.<ref name="dh" /> Only nine bodies were recovered<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chaluleu |first=Mariano |date=2024-12-17 |title=A.R.A Fournier. La historia de un naufragio que marcó a la Armada y a un hijo que nunca conoció a su padre |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifesty...a-un-hijo-que-nunca-conocio-a-su-nid17122024/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref> all of them at a bay near the mouth of a channel south of Dawson Island.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Informe del Comandante Hugo Alsina Calderón sobre el naufragio del ARA Fournier - Wikisource |url=https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Info..._Calderón_sobre_el_naufragio_del_ARA_Fournier |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=es.wikisource.org |language=es}}</ref> The sinking of ''Fournier'' was publicly announced on 4 October.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Díaz |first=Marcelo |date=27 September 2020 |title=A 71 años de la tragedia en la que murieron 77 Tripulantes del Fournier |url=https://www.0223.com.ar/nota/2020-9...n-la-que-murieron-77-tripulantes-del-fournier |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=0223.com.ar |language=es}}</ref>[/td]
[td]It was later determined that ''Fournier'' sank on or around 22 September, apparently after [[Ship grounding|striking a rock]] about {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south of [[Punta Arenas]].<ref name="msi" /><ref name="dh">Nash, p. 703.</ref> It was eventually established that the ship had capsized in rough sea.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-22 |title=A 75 años del hundimiento del ARA Fournier: Homenaje a los héroes de las aguas australes |url=https://pescare.com.ar/a-75-anos-de...homenaje-a-los-heroes-de-las-aguas-australes/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=Pescare |language=es}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> All hands on board, initially reported as 60<ref name="nyt" /> but later established to be 77,<ref name="dh" /> including doctor Wernicke and his son,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Monumento en homenaje a los muertos en el hundimiento del Rastreador Fournier |url=https://www.archivodepunta.com.ar/3317-2/ |access-date=2025-08-30 |language=es}}</ref> were lost.<ref name="dh" /> Only nine bodies were recovered<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chaluleu |first=Mariano |date=2024-12-17 |title=A.R.A Fournier. La historia de un naufragio que marcó a la Armada y a un hijo que nunca conoció a su padre |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifesty...a-un-hijo-que-nunca-conocio-a-su-nid17122024/ |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=LA NACION |language=es}}</ref> all of them at a bay near the mouth of a channel south of Dawson Island.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Informe del Comandante Hugo Alsina Calderón sobre el naufragio del ARA Fournier - Wikisource |url=https://es.wikisource.org/wiki/Info..._Calderón_sobre_el_naufragio_del_ARA_Fournier |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=es.wikisource.org |language=es}}</ref> The sinking of ''Fournier'' was publicly announced on 4 October.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Díaz |first=Marcelo |date=27 September 2020 |title=A 71 años de la tragedia en la que murieron 77 Tripulantes del Fournier |url=https://www.0223.com.ar/nota/2020-9...n-la-que-murieron-77-tripulantes-del-fournier |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=0223.com.ar |language=es}}</ref>[/td]
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