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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Samuel Spiro<br />
| death_date = 28 March 1814<br />
| death_place = Concepción del Uruguay<br />
| organization = Argentine Navy<br />
| title = Captain<br />
}}<br />
'''Miguel Samuel Spiro''' was a naval commander of the [[Argentine Navy]] born in [[Hydra Island]], [[Greece]]. He emigrated to [[Buenos Aires]] with his two brothers in 1810, and was an early supporter of the [[May Revolution]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chrysopoulos |first=Philip |date=2025-01-07 |title=Samuel Spiro: The Greek Captain Who Became Argentina's National Hero |url=https://greekreporter.com/2025/01/07/greek-hero-argentina-samuel-spiro/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=GreekReporter.com |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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He had been a Navy Captain in Greece, and took part in organizing the fledgling naval forces of the [[United Provinces of South America]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Spiro was one of the main Argentine navy commanders in the United Provinces' victory at [[Battle of Martín García (1814)|Martin Garcia]]. He died on 28 March 1814 during the naval battle of Arroyo de la China, on the [[Uruguay river]], near [[Concepción del Uruguay]], when he decided to scuttle the [[yawl]] he was commanding rather than surrender her to the royalists. The royalist commander on chief, [[Jacinto de Romarate]], claimed that the ship blew up after being hit by the guns of his flagship, the [[brigantine]] ''Belén.''<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The Argentine navy has named two ships in his honor, the most recent being the corvette [[ARA Spiro (P-43)|ARA ''Spiro'' (P-43)]], commissioned in 1988.<br />
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