Esmeraldas 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Esmeraldas | CM11 | CNR, Muggiano, Italy | 27.9.1979 | 5.10.1980 | 7.8.1982 | in service (2019) | |
| Manabí | CM12 | CNR, Ancona, Italy | 1.2.1980 | 5.2.1981 | 21.6.1983 | in service (2019) | |
| Los Rios | CM13 | CNR, Muggiano, Italy | 5.12.1979 | 28.2.1981 | 1.10.1983 | in service (2019) | |
| El Oro | CM14 | CNR, Ancona, Italy | 20.3.1980 | 5.2.1981 | 10.12.1983 | in service (2019) | |
| Galápagos | CM15 | CNR, Muggiano, Italy | 20.10.1980 | 5.7.1981 | 26.5.1984 | in service (2019) | |
| Loja | CM16 | CNR, Ancona, Italy | 6.2.1981 | 27.2.1982 | 26.5.1984 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
605 |
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Displacement full, t |
685 |
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Length, m |
57.8 pp 62.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.30 |
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Draught, m |
2.90 |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
4 MTU 20V956 TB92 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
20400 |
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Max speed, kts |
37 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 126 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4000(18) |
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Armament |
2 x 3 MM40 Exocet SSM (6 MM40), 1 x 4 Albatros SAM (4 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/70 OTO-Breda Compact Twin 40, 2 x 3 - 324 ILAS-3 TT, helicopter deck |
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Electronic equipment |
Decca TM1226, RAN-10S, 2x Orion 10X radars, Diodon sonar, Gamma ED ECM suite, SCLAR decoy RL, IPN10 CCS |
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Complement |
51 |
Project history: Ordered in 1978, modified Wadi M'ragh built for Libya. Very powerful and useful units well armed against surface and aerial threats.
Modernizations: 2000s, all: - Decca TM1226 radar; + Furuno 2115 radar
2008, Esmeraldas; 2018, Los Rios: - IPN10 CCS; + new Israeli-made CCS
Naval service: El Oro was badly damaged by fire 18.4.1985 and returned to service only two years later.
Manabí 2002
© Ivan Gogin, 2019