Samuel Spiro
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Miguel Samuel Spiro was born in Greece. At the beginning of the 19th century, Spiro immigrated to Buenos Aires with his two borthers. He was a supporter of the May Revolution from the beginning in 1810. He was a Navy Capitain.
He died on 28 March 1814 during a naval battle when he preferred to explode his boat rather than surrender to the enemy.
The Argentine navy has baptized 2 ships in his honnor, the last on being the ARA Spiro (P-43).
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