Almirante Brown 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Almirante Brown | D10 | 933 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, West Germany | 8.9.1980 | 28.3.1981 | 2.2.1983 | in service (2019) |
| La Argentina | D11 | 934 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, West Germany | 30.3.1981 | 25.9.1981 | 11.5.1983 | in service (2019) |
| Heroína | D12 | 935 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, West Germany | 24.8.1981 | 17.2.1982 | 7.11.1983 | in service (2019) |
| Sarandí | D13 | 936 | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, West Germany | 9.3.1982 | 31.8.1982 | 26.4.1984 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
2900 |
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Displacement full, t |
3360 |
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Length, m |
119.0 pp 125.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
15.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.32 hull 5.80 sonar dome |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
COGOG: 2 Olympus TM-3B gas turbines / 2 Tyne RM-1C gas turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
51600 / 10200 |
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Max speed, kts |
30.5 |
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Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4500(18) |
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Armament |
2 x 4 MM40 Exocet SSM (4 MM40), 1 x 8 Albatros SAM (24 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 127/54 OTO-Melara Compact, 4 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors Compact Twin 40, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT (18), 1 DCR(9), 1 helicopter (Alouette III) |
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Electronic equipment |
Decca 1226, ZW-06, DA-08A, WM-25, STIR, 2x LIROD radars, KAE 80 (DSQS-21BZ) sonar, Sphinx, Scimitar ECM suites, 2x SCLAR decoy RL, G1738 torpedo decoy, SEWACO CCS |
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Complement |
200 |
Project history: Initially to have been a classs of six, four of which were to be built in Argentina, instead the Argentines decided to build four MEKO 360s and six MEKO 140s. The 40mm are controlled by two HSA LIROD optronic/radar directors. These ships were built on the modularised systems concept. Under construction during the conflict in the South Atlantic, the British-built gas turbines were embargoed for a while.
Modernizations: 2000s, all: ability to carry 1 Fennec helicopter
2005, Almirante Brown; 2007, La Argentina; 2009, Sarandí: helicopter deck was enlarged to allow landing of Sea King helicopter
Naval service: No significant events.
La Argentina 2002
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2017-19