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ECUADORIAN NAVY (ECUADOR)

COASTAL FORCES

MANTA fast attack craft (1971)

Manta 1980

Manta 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Manta, 2001- 9 de Octubre, 2007- Isla de la Plata LT91, later- LT41, 1981- LM25, 2001- LG37   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany     11.6.1971 Coast Guard 2001, in service (2019)
Tulcan LT92, later- LT42, 1981- LM26   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany     2.4.1971 collision 9.1998
Nueva Rocafuerte, 2001- 27 de Octubre, 2007- Isla Santa Clara LT93, later- LT43, 1981- LM27, 2001- LG38   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany     23.6.1971 Coast Guard 2001, in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

119

Displacement full, t

134

Length, m

36.2

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Mercedes-Benz diesels

Power, h. p.

9000

Max speed, kts

35

Fuel, t

diesel oil 21

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 350, 2 - 533 TT

Electronic equipment

Decca TM1226 radar

Complement

19

Project history: Similar to Chilean Guacolda class but with different armament.

Modernizations: 1979, all: - 1 x 1 - 40/70; + 1 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec-30

1980-1981, all: - 2 - 533 TT; + 4 x 1 Gabriel II SSM (4 Gabriel II), Pollux radar, DR-2000S ECM suite

2001, all survived: - 4 x 1 Gabriel II SSM, 1 x 2 - 30/75, Pollux radar; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Naval service: Tulcan was lost in a collision with a commercial tug in September 1998.

Manta 1972

9 de Octubre 2001

Ivan Gogin, 2019