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ECUADORIAN NAVY (ECUADOR)

COASTAL FORCES

QUITO fast attack craft (1976-1977)

Quito 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Quito LM21   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany   20.11.1975 13.7.1976 in service (2019)
Guayaquil LM23   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany   5.4.1976 22.12.1977 in service (2019)
Cuenca LM24   Lürssen, Vegesack, West Germany   16.12.1976 17.7.1977 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

250

Displacement full, t

265

Length, m

44.3 pp 47.0 oa

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 16V538 diesels

Power, h. p.

14000

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

diesel oil 39

Endurance, nm(kts) 1850(16)

Armament

2 x 2 MM38 Exocet SSM (4 MM38), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 35/90 GDM-A

Electronic equipment

Decca TM1226, Triton G, Pollux radars, DR-2000S ECM suite

Complement

34

Project history: Lürssen FPB45 class.

Modernizations: 1994-1995, all: diesels were replaced by 4 MTU 16V396 (14000hp, 40kts)

2012-2016, all: - Decca TM1226 radar, DR-2000S ECM suite; + Furuno 2115 radar, NS-9010 ECM suite.

Naval service: No significant events.

Cuenca 2000

© Ivan Gogin, 2019