MV Forrest
ARA Forrest | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Forrest |
| Namesake | W. Forrest McWahn |
| Owner | Falkland Islands Government |
| Port of registry | Port Stanley |
| Builder | J. W. Cook & Co. Ltd |
| Cost | £ 60000 |
| Yard number | 1349 |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Maiden voyage | 1968 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6717576 |
| Argentina | |
| Name | ARA Forrest |
| Acquired | 1982 |
| Commissioned | 14 April 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 14 June 1982 |
| Notes | taken over by the Argentine Navy |
| History | |
| Chile | |
| Name | Forrest |
| Commissioned | 1999 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | coaster |
| Tonnage | 144 GRT |
| Length | 77.9 ft (23.7 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Depth | 10.9 ft (3.3 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 320 NHP |
| Propulsion | Kelvin TSM8 4sc sa 8cyl |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Complement | (as ARA Forrest): 17 |
| Sensors & processing systems | Navigational radar |
| Armament | 2 × general purpose machine guns (as ARA Forrest) |
MV Forrest (ARA Forrest while in Argentine service) is a small coastal cargo ship owned by the British government of the Falkland Islands from 1968 to 1999, captured by the Argentine Navy on 14 April 1982, in the framework of the Falklands War, and placed under the command of Corvette Captain Rafael G. Molini. Forrest mainly fulfilled logistics tasks, although she was lightly armed with two general-purpose machine guns. The vessel provided tourist services in Chilean Patagonia from 1999 to 2020, when she was laid up.
Forrest belonged to the government of the Falkland Islands and, like the ARA Monsunen and the ARA Penelope (also captured and used by the Argentine Navy), carried out tasks for the Falkland Islands Company, traveling between the different ports of the archipelago.