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New Fleet ! – The Dominican Navy
The Armada de Republica Dominicana (ARD) founded 1844, is one of the three armed branches of the country, located in the Carribean. It is a green water navy, with 11,200 personnel and 34 ships today, mostly cutters and CPVs.
The Dominican Republic gained its independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844 and at the same time the army and navy were created, the latter on 15 April 1844. Its first forces constsited in three schooners: Separación Dominicana (flagship), María Chica and Leonor. The Junta Central Gubernativa which created it through the Naval Act of 1844 and they were at war the very same day at the Battle of Tortuguero led by Admiral Juan Bautista Cambiaso, the tutelary figure of the Navy. They managed to sink six Haitian ships that day and did their part in the independence.
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