Julián Irízar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julián Irízar

Argentine admiral

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1869

Place of Birth: Capilla del Señor, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Death: 17-Mar-1935

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Admiral Julián Irízar (Capilla del Señor, Buenos Aires Province, January 7, 1869 – March 17, 1935) was an officer of the Argentine Navy.
He became a key figure in the modernization of the navy's fleet, the commander of the First Division of the Navy and later Naval Center President, but his most memorable action was as commander of the corvette Uruguay in the 1903 rescue of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition led by Otto Nordenskjöld, whose ship, the Antarctic was destroyed by ice.
At the time of the rescue he held the rank Capitán de Corbeta (Lieutenant Commander).
(See ARA Uruguay for more information.)